The relationship between conspecific superparasitism and the outcome of in vitro contests staged between different larval instars of the solitary endoparasitoid Venturia canescens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Marris, Gay C ^a   Casperd, Julia C ^b  

^a Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conspecific superparasitism; Interlarval competition; Solitary endoparasitoid

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITOID; INTERLARVAL COMPETITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 0029660512     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050267     Document Type: Article

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