The evolution of host-feeding behaviour in insect parasitoids

Biological Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-400

  Heimpel, George E ^a   Collier, Timothy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EGG LAYING; FEEDING; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OOCYTE; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029788568     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1996.tb01279.x     Document Type: Article

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