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Comparative studies of predation byPhytoseiulus persimilis athias-henriot andMetaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) on populations ofTetranychus urticae koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae)

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  1. Division of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    J. E. Laing & C. B. Huffaker

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This paper is the fourth in a series on “Experimental Studies on Predation.” The work was supported by a U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health Grant to the junior author, and it formed part of a dissertation in partialfulfillment of the Ph.D. degree for the senior author.

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Laing, J.E., Huffaker, C.B. Comparative studies of predation byPhytoseiulus persimilis athias-henriot andMetaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) on populations ofTetranychus urticae koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Res Popul Ecol 11, 105–126 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514514

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