Foraging success of parasitoid wasps on flowers: Interplay of insect morphology, floral architecture and searching behavior

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-30

  Patt, Joseph M ^a   Hamilton, George C ^a   Lashomb, James H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare; biocontrol; Coriandrum sativa; Edovum puttleri; floral architecture; intercropping; parasitoids; Pediobius foveolatus; searching behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLORAL ARCHITECTURE; INSECT MORPHOLOGY; INTERCROPPING; PARASITOID; SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR; WASP;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; APIACEAE; CORIANDRUM SATIVA; EDOVUM PUTTLERI; EULOPHIDAE; FOENICULUM VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; PEDIOBIUS FOVEOLATUS;

EID: 0030619552     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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