Refuge use by the coconut mite Aceria guerreronis: Fine scale distribution and association with other mites under the perianth

Biological Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-110

  Lawson Balagbo, L M ^a,d   Gondim Jr , M G C ^b   de Moraes, G J ^c   Hanna, R ^d   Schausberger, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Biological Control Centre for Africa   (Benin)

Author keywords

Aceria guerreronis; Biological control; Enemy free space; Natural control; Neoseiulus baraki; Proctolaelaps bickleyi; Refuge theory; Spatial refuge; Steneotarsonemus furcatus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACERIA GUERRERONIS; ASCIDAE; ERIOPHYIDAE; ERIOPHYOIDEA; NEOSEIULUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PROCTOLAELAPS; STENEOTARSONEMUS; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 34548451200     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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