Lady beetles as predators of insects other than Hemiptera

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-267

  Evans, Edward W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellidae; Functional response; Numerical response; Predation; Prey selection; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 70349279923     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.011     Document Type: Review

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