The pay-off from superparasitism in the solitary parasitoid Venturia canescens

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-307

  Sirot, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Intraspecific larval competition; Superparasitism; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 0030498204     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb01250.x     Document Type: Article

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