Experimental evidence that plants under caterpillar attack may benefit from attracting parasitoids

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 553-565

  Hoballah, Maria Elena Fritzsche ^a   Turlings, Ted C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campoletis sonorensis; Cotesia marginiventris; Indirect defence; Parasitoids; Plant fitness; Plant insect interactions; Spodoptera littoralis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000203650     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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