Assessing the trophic ecology of the Coccinellidae: Their roles as predators and as prey

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-214

  Weber, Donald C ^a   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Biological control; Food web; Gut analysis; Immunoassay; Intraguild predation; Isotopic analysis; Lady beetle; Nutrition; PCR; Predator

Indexed keywords

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI;

EID: 70349293639     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.013     Document Type: Review

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