Influence of plant structural complexity on the foraging success of Trichogramma minutum: A comparison of search on artificial and foliage models

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Lukianchuk, J L ^a   Smith, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female age; Foliage complexity; Host searching; Parasitoid behaviour

Indexed keywords

EGG MASS; FORAGING SUCCESS; HOST FINDING; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINACEAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PYRALIDAE; SALICACEAE; SALIX; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA MINUTUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030678020     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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