The usefulness of destructive host feeding parasitoids in classical biological control: Theory and observation conflict

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Jervis, Mark A ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b   Kidd, Neil A C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host feeding; Parasitoids; Population dynamics; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DESTRUCTIVE HOST FEEDING; HOST FEEDING; PARASITOID;

HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0029667012     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb00264.x     Document Type: Article

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