Intra- and interspecific competition among two parasitoids of the rice weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1101-1108

  Ryoo, Mun Il ^a   Yoon, Tae Joong ^a   Shin, Sang Soo ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anisopteromalus calandrae; Coexistence; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Lariophagus distinguendus; Sitophilus oryzae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030511926     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.1101     Document Type: Article

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