The Stethorini are unique among the Coccinellidae in specializing on mites (principally
Tetranychidae) as prey. Consisting of 90 species in two genera, Stethorus and …

1. Consumer‐resource interactions (ie the functional response) underpin decades of
ecological advancements. However, selecting, fitting and comparing functional response …

Ecological research and the way that ecologists use statistics continues to change rapidly.
This second edition of the best-selling Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments leads …

The parasitoid functional response is regarded as central to host–parasitoid dynamics. If so,
then the shape of this response may be related to parasitoid success in biological control …

La respuesta funcional de los depredadores expresa la influencia del comportamiento de
los enemigos naturales como individuos sobre la dinámica poblacional. Sin embargo …

Predation rate and nymphal development time were determined for four predatory bugs
(Dicyphus tamaninii Wagner and Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner [Het.: Miridae], Orius …

The functional response and the effect of superparasitism of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
(Ashmead) in larvae of Anastrepha ludens (Loew) was determined under laboratory …

Functional response and mutual interference are the most important behavioural
characteristics that reveal different aspects of host–parasitoid interactions. In this study …

Female Aphidecta obliterata consumed an average of 26.6±5.8 Elatobium abietinum and
males consumed an average of 19.9±3.2 Elatobium abietinum, but there was no significant …

(1) Simulations of functional response experiments were used to compare Rogers's
linearization, nonlinear least squares, and a new nonparametric parameter space method …