Survival of a specialist natural enemy experiencing resource competition with an omnivorous predator when sharing the invasive prey #Tuta absoluta#

Chailleux A., Droui A., Bearez P., Desneux N.
2017

Can specialist natural enemies persist in ecosystems when competing with omnivorous natural enemies for their shared prey? The consequences of omnivory have been studied theoretically, but empirical studies are still lacking. Omnivory is nevertheless common in nature and omnivorous predators coexist with specialists in many ecosystems, even when they are intraguild predators. This type of ...

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