Foraging behaviour and resource utilization of the aphid parasitoid Pauesia unilachni: Adaptation to host distribution and mortality risks

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-109

  Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Kraus, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Aphidiidae; Foraging success; Host distribution; Mortality risks; Schizolachnus pineti; Search patterns

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; PARASITOID;

APHIDIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PAUESIA UNILACHNI; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCHIZOLACHNUS PINETI;

EID: 0030473229     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00814.x     Document Type: Article

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