An individual-based model of Trichogramma foraging behaviour: Parameter estimation for single females

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Blanché, Stephan ^a   Casas, Jérôme ^a,c   Bigler, Franz ^b   Janssen van Bergeijk, Karen E ^b,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station   (Switzerland)

^c Parc Grandmont   (France)

^d Info and Ref Ctr for Crop Prod   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autocorrelation function; mass rearing system; movement analysis; Ornstein Uhlenbeck process; parasitoid; transition probability matrix

Indexed keywords

TRICHOGRAMMA; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

FORAGING; HOST SEARCH;

EID: 0030304524     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404974     Document Type: Article

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