Intraguild predation between syrphids and mirids: Who is the prey? Who is the predator?

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-191

  Fréchette, Bruno ^a   Rojo, Santos ^c   Alomar, Oscar ^b   Lucas, Éric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphidophaga; Biological control; Diplazon laetatorius; Episyrphus balteatus; Intraguild predation; Macrolophus caliginosus; Miridae; Omnivory; Sphaerophoria rueppellii; Sphaerophoria scripta; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PREDATION; INSECT; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; DIPLAZON LAETATORIUS; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MACROLOPHUS CALIGINOSUS; MIRIDAE; SPHAEROPHORIA; SPHAEROPHORIA SCRIPTA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33847615324     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9028-2     Document Type: Article

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