Effects of host-odour plume altitude and changing wind velocity on upwind flight manoeuvres of a specialist braconid parasitoid

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-338

  Zanen, P Olivier ^a,b   Cardé, Ring T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

host odours; Microplitis croceipes; optomotor anemotaxis; parasitoid; search tactics; semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

HOST ODOUR; PARASITOID; UPWIND FLIGHT; WIND SPEED;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES;

EID: 0030301551     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00874.x     Document Type: Article

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