Role of ants in structuring the aphid community on apple

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Miñarro, Marcos ^a   Fernández mata, Gabriela ^a,b   Medina, Pilar ^b  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant aphid mutualism; Aphis; Coexistence; Community ecology; Competition; Dysaphis plantaginea; Eriosoma lanigerum; indirect effects; Predators

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FRUIT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS POMI; APHIS SPIRAECOLA; DYSAPHIS PLANTAGINEA; ERIOSOMA LANIGERUM; FORMICIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77951167840     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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