Effects of alternative food on cannibalism and herbivore suppression by carabid larvae

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Frank, Steven D ^a   Shrewsbury, Paula M ^a   Denno, Robert F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alternative food resources; Anisodactylus ovularis; Apparent competition; Biological control; Black cutworms (Agrotis ipsilon); Carabidae; Herbivore suppression; Intraguild predation; Numerical response; Omnivory; Poecilus chalcites

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; APPARENT COMPETITION; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANNIBALISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROCOSM; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR; TAXONOMY;

AGROTIS IPSILON; ANISODACTYLUS OVULARIS; CARABIDAE; NOCTUIDAE; POECILUS CHALCITES;

EID: 74249085089     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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