Analysis of growth and development in the final instar of three species of predatory Coccinellidae under varying prey availability

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-277

  Phoofolo, Mpho W ^a,c   Elliott, Norman C ^b   Giles, Kristopher L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c 127 Noble Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coleomegilla maculata; Coleoptera; Critical weight; Determinate development; Food deprivation; Growth trajectory; Harmonia axyridis; Hippodamia convergens; Logistic function

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; PREY AVAILABILITY; PUPATION; SURVIVAL;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEXAPODA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS;

EID: 65849141162     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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