Avoidance of a generalist entomopathogenic fungus by the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-237

  Ormond, Emma L ^a   Thomas, Alison P M ^a   Pell, Judith K ^b   Freeman, Stephen N ^c   Roy, Helen E ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Beauveria bassiana; Behavioural resistance; Coccinella septempunctata; Log ratio analysis; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEETLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FITNESS; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; LEAF LITTER; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BEETLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960251788     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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