Adaptive learning in the foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 946-950

  Rahmani, H ^a,b   Hoffmann, D ^a   Walzer, A ^a   Schausberger, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive value; Cannibalism; Learning; Memory; Optimal foraging; Phytoseiidae; Predator; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; CANNIBALISM; FITNESS; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MITE; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 70349445394     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp081     Document Type: Article

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