Inter- and Intraspecific Interactions among Larvae of Specialist and Generalist Parasitoids

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-273

  Iwao, Keisuke ^a,b   Ohsaki, Naota ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Compsilura concinnata; Epicampocera succincta; Host range; Specialization; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COMPSILURA; COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TACHINIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0000153906     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515736     Document Type: Article

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