Host-searching and mating in an outbreeding parasitoid wasp

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Guertin, D S ^a,c   Ode, P J ^b,d   Strand, M R ^b   Antolin, M F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracon hebetor; Host searching; Mating; Parasitic hymenoptera; Stored products

Indexed keywords

BRACON HEBETOR;

EID: 0030047785     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb00262.x     Document Type: Article

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