Do oribatid mites live in enemy-free space? Evidence from feeding experiments with the predatory mite Pergamasus septentrionalis

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2985-2989

  Peschel, Kerstin ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Collembolans; Enemy free space; Generalist feeding; Intra guild predation; Mesostigmata; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

CANNIBALISM; INTRA-GUILD PREDATION; MITE SPECIES; PERGAMASUS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

CANNIBALISM; GENERALIST; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; JUVENILE; MITE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACARI; ACHIPTERIA COLEOPTRATA; DAMAEUS RIPARIUS; EUPELOPS PLICATUS; FOLSOMIA QUADRIOCULATA; LIACARUS CORACINUS; MESOSTIGMATA; NOTHRUS SILVESTRIS; ORIBATIDA; PERGAMASUS; PERGAMASUS SEPTENTRIONALIS; STEGANACARUS MAGNUS;

EID: 34548143063     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.035     Document Type: Article

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