The dynamics of egg production, oviposition and resorption in a parasitoid wasp

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 184-188

  Rivero Lynch, A P ^a,b   Godfray, H C J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Egg dynamics; encyrtid; oviposition; parasitoid; resorption

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; EGG RESORPTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WASP;

ENCYRTIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMASTIX DACTYLOPII; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0030619864     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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