The response of aphid secondary parasitoids to different patch densities of their host

BioControl

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-139

  Muller C B ^a   Godfray, H C J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aggregation response; Aphidius ervi; Braconidae; Density dependence; Encyrtidae; Hyperparasitoids; Megaspilidae; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000665521     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009948213250     Document Type: Article

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