Foraging behaviour and resource utilization of the aphid parasitoid, Pauesia pini (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on spruce: Influence of host species and ant attendance

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-220

  Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Novak, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphidiidae; Aphids; Foraging behaviour; Formica polyctena; Host microhabitat; Host morph; Parasitoids; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ABIES; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; CINARA; CINARA PILICORNIS; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PAUESIA PINI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0000972912     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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