Reinforcement mechanisms of olfactory conditioning during parasitization by the parasitoid Brachymeria intermedia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 947-960

  Kerguelen, V ^a   Carde R T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gypsy moth; host acceptance; learning; Lymantria dispar; oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

BRACHYMERIA; BRACHYMERIA INTERMEDIA; CHALCIDIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030431453     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208981     Document Type: Article

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