Alternative Prey and Artificial Diet of the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis: A Review [PDF]
InsectsAs an important natural enemy insect, Harmonia axyridis has significant biological control effects on a variety of pests such as aphids in agroforestry ecosystems. The large-scale application of H. axyridis has long been limited by the unstable supply of
Qingqiu Zeng +4 more
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Alternative Prey and Predator Interference Mediate Thrips Consumption by Generalists
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Generalist predators’ complex feeding relationships make it difficult to predict their contribution to pest suppression. Alternative prey can either distract predators from attacking pests, weakening biocontrol, or provide food that support larger ...
Olivia M. Smith +10 more
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Alternative prey influence the predation of mosquito larvae by three water bug species (Heteroptera: Nepidae) [PDF]
Limnological Review, 2020 The indirect interactions among multiple prey sharing a common predator characterize apparent competition. In conservation biological control involving mosquitoes and controphic prey against generalist insect predators, apparent competition may be a ...
Saha Nabaneeta +3 more
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Effects of Corcyra cephalonica Egg Consumption on Population Fitness and Reproduction of the Whitefly Predator Serangium japonicum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) [PDF]
InsectsLadybird beetle, Serangium japonicum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is an important predatory natural enemy of whiteflies, and its mass rearing is crucial for biological control.
Jianfeng Liang +6 more
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Comptes Rendus - Biologies, 2010 Within the framework of a general equilibrium model we study the long-run dynamics of a prey-predator model in the presence of an alternative prey. Our results show that sustainability, i.e. a positive value of the population in the long run, essentially depends on individual harvesting efforts and digesting factors relative to alternative prey.
Tapan Kumar Kar, T K Kar
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Parasites as prey: the effect of cercarial density and alternative prey on consumption of cercariae by four non-host species [PDF]
Parasitology, 2017 SUMMARYIn parasites with complex life cycles the transmission of free-living infective stages can be influenced by ambient community diversity, in particular via predation. Here, we experimentally investigated whether parasite density and the presence of alternative prey can alter predation rates on free-living cercarial stages of a marine trematode by
Welsh, J.E. +3 more
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Mathematical and Dynamic Analysis of a Prey‐Predator Model in the Presence of Alternative Prey with Impulsive State Feedback Control [PDF]
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2012 The dynamic complexities of a prey‐predator system in the presence of alternative prey with impulsive state feedback control are studied analytically and numerically. By using the analogue of the Poincaré criterion, sufficient conditions for the existence and stability of semitrivial periodic solutions can be obtained.
Chuanjun Dai, Min Zhao
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A Predator-Prey Model With Strong Allee Effect In The Prey And An Alternative Food Source For The Predator [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper, we have studied the dynamical behaviors of a predator-prey model, where the prey is subject to strong Allee effect, and the predator has an alternative food source. Positivity and boundedness of the system are discussed. Some extinction criteria are derived.
DR.ALAKES MAITI +2 more
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Use of Amphipods as alternative prey in cephalopods aquaculture [PDF]
, 2010 Cephalopds need live prey to be cultured during the first part of their life, Mysids and Artemia are the only live prey that promotes better growth. The lack of alternative food to culture early stages is an important bottleneck for cephalopod large-scale culture. Amphipods (caprellids and gammarids) could be a potential alternative prey since they are
Baeza-Rojano, E. (Elena) +5 more
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Small prey fight back: post-capture defences shape prey–predator size relationships [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSize relationships between prey and predators are a key topic in ecology. A positive correlation often exists between the sizes of prey and predators. Although predators can consume much smaller prey, some preferentially target larger prey and avoid very
Shinji Sugiura
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