Comparative use of Mindarus abietinus (Homoptera: Aphididae) by two coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), the native Anatis mali and the exotic Harmonia axyridis, in a christmas tree plantation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-328

  Berthiaume, Richard ^a   Hébert, Christian ^b   Cloutier, Conrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Anatis mali; Behavior; Coccinellidae; Exotic species; Harmonia axyridis; Predator prey synchrony; Specialist versus generalist species

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ABIES; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ABIES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES BALSAMEA; ANATIS; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; MINDARUS ABIETINUS;

EID: 34249067651     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[319:CUOMAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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