Functional response of larval and adult stages of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to different densities of Aphis fabae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1586-1592

  Farhadi, Roya ^a   Allahyari, Hossein ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Functional response; handling time; Hippodamia variegata; searching efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHID; BEETLE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HANDLING TIME; LARVA; PREY CAPTURE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HIPPODAMIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 77957773117     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09285     Document Type: Article

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