Functional response of Microplitis croceipes and Cardiochiles nigriceps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to variation in density of tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 524-528

  Tillman, P Glynn ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiochiles nigriceps; Functional response; Handling time; Heliothis virescens; Microplitis croceipes; Search rate

Indexed keywords

CARDIOCHILES NIGRICEPS; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES;

EID: 0030513236     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.524     Document Type: Article

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