Threat of infection and threat-avoidance behavior in the predator dicyphus hesperus feeding on whitefly nymphs infected with an entomopathogen

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Alma, Colleen R ^a,d   Gillespie, David R ^a,b   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Goettel, Mark S ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entomopathogen; Feeding behavior; Generalist predator; Greenhouse whitefly; Intraguild interaction

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; DICYPHUS HESPERUS; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 77954035114     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-009-9198-8     Document Type: Article

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