The Impact of Supplementary Food on a Prey-Predator Interaction

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PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. General introduction, outline and summary

1.2. Predation by insects and mites

PART 2: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

2.1. Comparative life history studies of Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on cucumber

2.2. Pollen as food for the predatory mites Iphiseius degenerans and Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae): dietary range and life history

2.3. The contribution of extrafloral nectar to survival and reproduction of the predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans on Ricinus communis

2.4. Does satiation-driven behaviour alone explain observed predation rates?

2.5. How additional food affects the functional and numerical response of a predator

PART 3: POPULATION LEVEL

3.1. How plants benefit from providing food to predators even when it is also edible to herbivores

3.2. Persisting high predator-to-prey ratios and low prey levels: Model and experiments with thrips and predatory bugs

3.3. Alternative food, switching predators, and the persistence of predator-prey systems

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