Interspecific interactions among three entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser, S. feltiae Filipjev, and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, with different foraging strategies for hosts in multipiece sand columns

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1578-1583

  Neumann, Gabor ^a   Shields, Elson J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterorhabditis; Interspecific competition; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 34249046402     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1578:IIATEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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