Adult feeding and lifetime reproductive success in the parasitoid Aphytis melinus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-315

  Heimpel, George E ^a,b   Rosenheim, Jay A ^a   Kattari, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphytis melinus; Biological control; Host feeding; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; HONEY; HOST FEEDING; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; SUGAR;

APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS MELINUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030745811     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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