Effects of larval diet on female reproductive output of the European coccinellid Adalia bipunctata and the invasive species Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-443

  Ware, Remy L ^a   Yguel, Benjamin ^b   Majerus, Michael E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Adalia bipunctata; Aphidophagous guilds; Cannibalism; Coccinellidae; Harmonia axyridis; Intraguild predation; Invasivespecies; Larval diet; Ovariole number; Oviposition; Reproductive fitness; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

APHID; CANNIBALISM; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 66849091875     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.056     Document Type: Article

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