Enemy‐risk effects, often referred to as non‐consumptive effects (NCEs), are an important feature of predator–prey ecology, but their significance has had little impact on the …
A Janssen, M Montserrat, R HilleRisLambers… - Trophic and guild in …, 2006 - Springer
Intraguild predation is claimed to be ubiquitous in nature. It also occurs among natural enemies in biological control systems, where one natural enemy (the intraguild predator) …
The combined release of species of generalist predators can enhance multiple pest control when the predators feed on different prey, but, in theory, predators may be excluded through …
Numerous studies have examined how predator diets influence prey responses to predation risk, but the role predator diet plays in modulating prey responses remains equivocal. We …
JA Rosenheim, JP Harmon - Trophic and guild in biological interactions …, 2006 - Springer
The experimental literature on the effects of intraguild predation on population growth rates of herbivorous arthropod prey has expanded substantially in the last decade, creating a …
“Defense by many individuals with large nests” is merely one kind of social behavior. Taken together with several other social behaviors, such as feces manipulation and cooperative …
JS Davey, IP Vaughan, R Andrew King… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Predators can provide a valuable ecosystem service by suppressing crop pests. However, intraguild predation, where predators compete for the same prey resource whilst consuming …
Food webs map feeding interactions among species, providing a valuable tool for understanding and predicting community dynamics. Using species' body sizes is a …
A Chow, A Chau, KM Heinz - Biological control, 2010 - Elsevier
Two commercially-marketed natural enemies of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), a phytoseiid mite, Amblyseius (= Typhlodromips) swirskii (Athias-Henriot), and an anthocorid …