Learning affects prey selection in larvae of a generalist coccinellid predator

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Boivin, Guy ^a,b   Roger, Caroline ^c   Coderre, Daniel ^d   Wajnberg, Eric ^e  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleomegilla maculata; Coleoptera; Experience; Generalist predator; Optimal foraging; Prey rejection behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; LARVA; LEARNING; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951663016     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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