Invasions by ladybugs, ladybirds, and other predatory beetles

BioControl

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 597-611

  Evans, Edward W ^a   Soares, António Onofre ^b   Yasuda, Hironori ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat selection; Harmonia axyridis; Intraguild predation; Non target effects; Species displacement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY SIZE; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY AVAILABILITY;

CARABIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 80052202723     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9374-6     Document Type: Review

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