Increased host acceptance in experienced females of the parasitoid Brachymeria intermedia: Which types of oviposition behaviour contribute to experience?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Kerguelen, V ^a   Carde R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachymeria intermedia; Experience; Gypsy moth; Host acceptance; Kairomone; Learning; Lymantria dispar; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAL CONTACT; GYPSY MOTH; HOST ACCEPTANCE; LEARNING; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

BRACHYMERIA INTERMEDIA; CHALCIDIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0029668125     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00768.x     Document Type: Article

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