The importance of adverse weather conditions for behaviour and population ecology of an aphid parasitoid

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 386-400

  Weisser, Wolfgang W ^b,c   Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Hassell, Michael P ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aphidius rosae; host parasitoid interactions; patterns of parasitism; rain; rose bushes; wind

Indexed keywords

APHID; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAIN; WEATHER; WIND;

APHIDIIDAE; APHIDIUS ROSAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030619964     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5984     Document Type: Article

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