Intra-guild vs extra-guild prey: Effect on predator fitness and preference of Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) and Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-173

  Buitenhuis, R ^a,b   Shipp, L ^b   Scott Dupree, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Extra guild prey; Fitness; Intra guild interactions; Phytoseiidae; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MITE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; MITES; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 77951120775     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309006944     Document Type: Article

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