Intraspecific larval competition in two solitary parasitoids, Apoanagyrus (Epidinocarsis) lopezi and Leptomastix dactylopii

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-333

  Van Baaren, Joan ^a,b   Nénon, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

adaptive superparasitism; Apoanagyrus (Epidinocarsis) lopezi; encapsulation; Encyrtidae; Leptomastix dactylopii; physical attack; physiological suppression

Indexed keywords

APOANAGYRUS LOPEZI; LEPTOMASTIX DACTYLOPII; ENCYRTIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHENACOCCUS MANIHOTI; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

ADAPTIVE SUPERPARASITISM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL COMPETITION; MEALYBUG; PARASITOID;

EID: 0030301732     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1996.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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