Reproductive responses of invasive and native predatory lady beetles (coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to varying prey availability

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1283-1292

  Kajita, Y ^a,b,c   Evans, E W ^a   Yasuda, H ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S 225 Agriculture Science Center North   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. transversoguttata; Coccinella septempunctata; Egg size; Egg viability; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APHID; BEETLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; OVIPARITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 69849086637     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0440     Document Type: Article

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