Interference and the ideal free distribution: Oviposition in a parasitoid wasp

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-394

  Tregenza, Tom ^a,b   Thompson, David J ^a   Parker, Geoff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; foraging; ideal free distribution; interference; parasitoid; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INDIAN MEAL MOTH; INTERFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID WASP; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 0030302897     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.387     Document Type: Article

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