New primary resource increases predation on a pest in a banana agroecosystem

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Mollot, Gregory ^a   Tixier, Philippe ^a   Lescourret, Françoise ^b   Quilici, Serge ^c   Duyck, Pierre François ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Cosmopolites sordidus; Cover crop; Diet; Musa spp.; Predation rate; Solenopsis geminata; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; MUSA; MYRMICINAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 84863784880     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2012.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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