The invasive spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) alters community composition and host-plant use of native relatives

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-341

  Ferragut, Francisco ^a   Garzón Luque, Eva ^b   Pekas, Apostolos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Recerca Agrícola SynTech Research Spain S L Polígono Industrial Norte   (Spain)

^c Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ecological impact; Interspecific competition; Niche partitioning; Tetranychus turkestani; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; CROP PEST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HOST PLANT; HOST USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PLANT DEFENSE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROP; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TETRANYCHIDAE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MITES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAIN; TETRANYCHIDAE;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

ACARI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TETRANYCHUS TURKESTANI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 84878476117     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9645-7     Document Type: Article

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