Intraguild predation on the parasitoid Aphidius ervi by the generalist predator Harmonia axyridis: The threat and its avoidance

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-201

  Meisner, Matthew ^a   Harmon, Jason P ^a,b   Harvey, Chad T ^a,c   Ives, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphididae; Braconidae; Chemical tracks; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

APHID; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CUE; GENERALIST; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NATURAL ENEMY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PREDATION RISK;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PISUM SATIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 79551572379     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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