| true bugs (hemiptera, heteroptera) as psyllid predators (hemiptera, psylloidea). | data on natural enemies of psyllids are rare and can usually be found in papers about economically significant species. during an investigation of psyllid fauna in serbia, natural enemies were investigated, too. true bugs were the most numerous among them. from 28 psyllid species, 21 species of true bugs from families anthocoridae and miridae were reared. seven species of anthocoridae were identified: anthocoris amplicollis (horváth, 1839), anthocoris confusus reuter, 1884, anthocoris nemoralis ... | 2013 | 24003311 |
| costs and benefits of omnivore-mediated plant protection: effects of plant-feeding on salix growth more detrimental than expected. | predators can decrease herbivore damage to plants, and this is often assumed to be beneficial to plant growth/reproduction without actual quantification. moreover, previous studies have been biased towards strict carnivores and neglected the role of omnivorous predators in prey-suppression. here, we examined the costs (reduction in growth) and benefits (increase in growth) of enemy-mediated plant protection via the omnivorous (prey and plant-feeding) orthotylus marginalis, relative to herbivory ... | 2017 | 28509951 |