Influence of the hyperparasitoid Dendrocerus carpenteri on the reproduction of the grain aphid Sitobion avenae

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Boenisch, Anke ^b   Petersen, Gert ^b   Wyss, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dendrocerus carpenteri; Grain aphid; hyperparasitoid; reproduction; Sitobion avenae; tritrophic system; volatiles

Indexed keywords

DENDROCERUS CARPENTERI; SITOBION AVENAE; APHIDIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASPILIDAE;

GRAIN APHID; HYPERPARASITOID; REPRODUCTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0030618426     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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