Host selection by virgin and inseminated females of the parasitic wasp, Dinarmus basalis (Pteromalidae, Hymenoptera)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-341

  Nishimura, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host choice; Insemination status; Solitary parasitic wasp

Indexed keywords

DINARMUS BASALIS; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

FITNESS; HOST SELECTION; PARASITIC WASP; SEX RATIO MANIPULATION;

EID: 0030617595     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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