Choosing natural enemies for conservation biological control: Use of the prey detectability half-life to rank key predators of Colorado potato beetle

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-107

  Greenstone, Matthew H ^a   Szendrei, Zsofia ^a,d   Payton, Mark E ^b   Rowley, Daniel L ^a   Coudron, Thomas C ^c   Weber, Donald C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Chrysomelidae; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; DNA half life; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Molecular gut content analysis; PCR; Pentatomidae; Predation; Trophic links

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATOR; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEBIA GRANDIS; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; PENTATOMIDAE; PERILLUS BIOCULATUS; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 77954655582     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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