Analysis of foraging behaviour of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa on a plant: A simulation study

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-152

  Van Roermund, H J W ^a   Van Lenteren, J C ^a   Rabbinge, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Encarsia formosa; foraging behaviour; functional response; host aggregation; Monte Carlo simulation; parasitoid; patch time allocation; stochastic model; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ALEYRODIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANACEAE; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MODELLING; PARASITOID; TOMATO;

EID: 0030618431     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159731117     Document Type: Article

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