Does a polyphagous predator prefer prey species that confer reproductive advantage?: Case study of Podisus maculiventris

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1401-1409

  Legaspi, Jesusa Crisostomo ^a   Legaspi Jr , Benjamin C ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovigeny; Predator fitness; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COLEOPTERA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS; PYRALIDAE; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 7644240820     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1401     Document Type: Article

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