Do turning biases by the 7-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, increase their foraging efficiency?

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-163

  Girling, Robbie D ^a,b   Hassall, Mark ^a   Turner, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cropping strategy; Foraging efficiency simulation model; Handedness; Outline tracing

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE;

EID: 33947179922     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907779947337     Document Type: Article

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