1. Foreword

   • Go¨sta Nachman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 323

2. A physiologically based model of pest–natural enemy interactions

   • Niels Holst
   • Patrick Ruggle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 341

3. Population dynamics of the citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Japanese pear orchards

   • Tetsuo Gotoh
   • Mitsuhiro Kubota

   OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 356

4. Factors affecting the presence of Typhlodromusspp. (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) in the calyx cavities of apple fruits and implications for integrated pest management

   • G.M. Gurr
   • W.G. Thwaite
   • N.I. Nicol

   OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 364

5. Differences in ecological and genetic traits between Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations infesting citrus and Osmant hus

   • Mh. Osakabe
   • S. Komazaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 378

6. Reproductive interference and its consequences for the competitive interactions between two closely related Panonychus spider mites

   • Akio Takafuji
   • Eiji Kuno
   • Hiroaki Fujimoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 391

7. Patterns, mechanisms and spatial scale of aggregation in generalist and specialist predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • Zhi-Qiang Zhang
   • John P. Sanderson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 404

8. Powdery mildew (Ascomycotina: Erysiphales) — an alternative food for the predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • R. Zemek
   • E. Prenerov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 414

9. Metapopulation dynamics of a persisting predator–prey system in the laboratory: time series analysis

   • Arne Janssen
   • Erik van Gool
   • Gerrit van de Klashorst

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 430

10. Adaptive frequency classification: a new methodology for pest monitoring and its application to European red mite (Panonychus ulmi, Acari: Tetranychidae)

    • Wopke van der Werf
    • Jan P. Nyrop
    • Joseph Kovach

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 462

11. Phylloplane fungi: an extrinsic factor of tetranychid population growth?

    • R. Belczewski
    • R. Harmsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 471

12. Toxicity of methyl ketones from tomato trichomes to Tetranychus urticae Koch

    • Efstratios A. Chatzivasileiadis
    • Maurice W. Sabelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 473 - 484

13. Modelling Fungal (Neozygites cf. Floridana) Epizootics in Local Populations of Cassava Green Mites (Mononychellus Tanajoa)

    • G.I. Oduor
    • M.W. Sabelis
    • J.S. Yaninek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 506

14. Improved control capacity of the mite predator Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on tomato

    • Bas Drukker
    • Arne Janssen
    • Maurice W. Sabelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 518