Vulnerability of larvae of two species of aphidophagous ladybirds, Adalia bipunctata Linnaeus and Harmonia axyridis Pallas, to cannibalism and intraguild predation

Entomological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Sato, Satoru ^a   Yasuda, Hironori ^a   Evans, Edward W ^b   Dixon, Anthony F G ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Chemical protection; Coccinellidae; Intraguild predation; Predatory ladybirds

Indexed keywords

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 67949089654     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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