Effects of habitat, temperature, and sugar availability on longevity of Eriborus terebrans (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1192-1201

  Dyer, Lawrence E ^a,b   Landis, Douglas A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecology; Biological control; Conservation; Honeydew; Nectar; Parasitoid ecology

Indexed keywords

ERIBORUS; ERIBORUS TEREBRANS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PYRALIDAE; VESPIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030513918     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.1192     Document Type: Article

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