Predation on the slug Deroceras reticulatum (pulmonata: Stylommatophora) by Scarites anthracinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Tulli, María C ^a   Carmona, Dora M ^a   López, Alicia N ^a   Manetti, Pablo L ^a   Vincini, Ana M ^a   Cendoya, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Armadillidium vulgare; Carabid beetles; Food preference; Grey field slug

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BODY MASS; CROP PEST; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD PREFERENCE; JUVENILE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SLUG; SOYBEAN;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; ONISCIDEA; PULMONATA; SCARITES ANTHRACINUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 67650695113     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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