Factors affecting host selection in an insect host-parasitoid interaction

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-230

  Sait, S M ^a   Begon, M ^b   Thompson, D J ^b   Harvey, J A ^b   Hails, R S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Host selection; host stage; parasitoid age; Plodia interpunctella; refuge; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITOID; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INDIAN MEAL MOTH; PARASITISM;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 0030617655     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.t01-1-00051.x     Document Type: Article

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