The effect of egg load on superparasitism by the snowberry fly

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Van Randen, E J ^a   Roitberg, B D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptive superparasitism; egg load; host marking pheromone; Rhagoletis zephyria; snowberry

Indexed keywords

EGG LOAD; OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOUR; SNOWBERRY FLY; SUPERPARASITISM;

CAPRIFOLIACEAE; DIPTERA; RHAGOLETIS ZEPHYRIA; SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0029660189     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00832.x     Document Type: Article

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