Pollen beetles are consumed by ground- and foliage-dwelling spiders in winter oilseed rape

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-262

  Öberg, Sandra ^a,b   Cassel Lundhagen, Anna ^a   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Lycosidae; Meligethes aeneus; Molecular gut content analysis; Nitidulidae; Pardosa spp.; Predation; Theridiidae; Theridion impressum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD WEB; FUTURE PROSPECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; COLEOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE; PARDOSA; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDION IMPRESSUM;

EID: 79551538940     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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