FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF EUSEIUS-MESEMBRINU S (DEAN) AS FUNCTION OF BREVIPALPUS-CALIFORNICUS (BANKS) DENSITY (ACARI, PHYTOSEIIDAE, TENUIPALPIDAE)

Authors
BADII MH HERNANDEZ E FLORES S
Citation
Mh. Badii et al., FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF EUSEIUS-MESEMBRINU S (DEAN) AS FUNCTION OF BREVIPALPUS-CALIFORNICUS (BANKS) DENSITY (ACARI, PHYTOSEIIDAE, TENUIPALPIDAE), The Southwestern entomologist, 18(4), 1993, pp. 301-304
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Southwestern entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
01471724
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
301 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-1724(1993)18:4<301:FOES(A>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The functional response of Euseius mesembrinus on larvae and female in dividuals of Brevipalpus californicus, was type II, using the leaf are na technique, The instantaneous rate of discovery a' and the handling time T(h) were determined using the models of Holling type II, Rogers and that of Livdahl and Stiven. The highest value for a' and the lowes t for T(h) were obtained when feeding on females, the reverse was true for larvae as prey. The value of a (1.5240) of Rogers' was double of that of Holling's (0.7842) when feeding on prey larvae. The highest T( h) value (larvae as prey) was estimated according to Livdah and Stiven 's model (0.0128).