The Role of Generalist Predators in Terrestrial Food Webs: Lessons for Agricultural Pest Management

Biodiversity and Insect Pests: Key Issues for Sustainable Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-56

  Welch, K D ^a   Pfannenstiel, R S ^b   Harwood, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex interactions in diverse systems; Foraging on multiple prey items; Generalist predators, in terrestrial food webs; Generalists versus specialists; Interactions among natural enemies; OFT, on predators' rejection of low quality prey; OFT, predator foraging ecology through economics; Prey model and patch model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858435594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118231838.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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