Dynamical effects of host size- and parasitoid state-dependent attacks by parasitoids

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 542-556

  Murdoch, William W ^a   Briggs, Cheryl J ^b   Nisbet, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycles; Insects; Models; Population dynamics; Stage structure

Indexed keywords

EGG LOAD; HOST FEEDING; HOST SIZE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; KOINOBIONT; PARASITOID; SEX ALLOCATION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030812444     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5948     Document Type: Article

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