The presence of webbing affects the oviposition rate of two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Oku, Keiko ^a,b,c   Magalhães, Sara ^d,e   Dicke, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Egg production; Fitness; Oviposition rate; Tetranychus urticae; Webs

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAN; CUCUMBER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; PHASEOLUS; POPULATION DENSITY; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 70350091583     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9252-4     Document Type: Article

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