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Effect of ant tending, the presence of parasitoids, and initial mealybug density on mealybug colony growth.

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posted on 2015-04-17, 04:54 authored by Aiming Zhou, Beiqing Kuang, Yingrui Gao, Guangwen Liang

(A): Ant tending; (B): Parasitoid; (C): Initial mealybug density.

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Density-Dependent Benefits in Ant-Hemipteran Mutualism? The Case of the Ghost Ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the Invasive Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

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Ghost Ant Tapinoma melanocephalum Invasive Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis mealybug colony growth rate interaction percentage parasitism parasitoid density mealybug density

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