Eat or be eaten: Prevalence and impact of egg cannibalism on two-spot ladybirds, Adalia bipunctata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Roy, H E ^a,b   Rudge, H ^a   Goldrick, L ^a   Hawkins, D ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Development time; Hatching order; Survival; Trophic egg plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; CONSPECIFIC; EGG PREDATION; HATCHING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34548475318     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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