Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1961 · 73 citations · 1 references
Life SciencesEntomologyZoologyInsect BehaviorInsect EcologyInvertebrate ZoologyFeeding EcologyFeeding PhysiologyForaging EcologyHerbivory EcologyOviposition BehaviorPredator-prey InteractionsArthropod Feeding BehaviorHerbivore Feeding DynamicsOviposition ChoiceParasitoid Foraging BehaviorPredator-mediated ForagingPredator-prey DynamicsPredatory FeedingPrey Encounter Rates
Laboratory experiments indicated that the oviposition and prey consumption rates of Typhlodromus (T.) occidentalis Nesbitt depend on the number of prey available to the predator. The prey species used was Tetranychus telarius (L.).
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