Lycosid spiders and alternative food: Feeding behavior and implications for biological control

Biological Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Kuusk, Anna Karin ^a   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Biological control; Collembola; Foraging behavior; Generalist predators; Group specific PCR; Gut content analysis; Pardosa; Springtails

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA;

EID: 77955659957     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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