Density-dependent predation of the ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on two attended aphids Lachnus tropicalis and Myzocallis kuricola (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 159-164

  Sakata, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

attendance; density dependence; foraging; honeydew; interaction modifications; predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249166281     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: 1438390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515816     Document Type: Article

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