Multitrophic interactions among plants, aphids, alternate prey and shared natural enemies - A review

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Evans, Edward W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Apparent competition; Food webs; Functional response; Indirect interactions; Mutualism; Numericalresponse; Parasitism; Predation

Indexed keywords

APHID; ARTHROPOD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 66849141240     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.047     Document Type: Review

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