Fitness consequences of ovicide in a parasitoid wasp

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Mayhew, Peter J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bethylidae; Host selection; Laelius pedatus; Ovicide; Parasitoid; Parasitoid fitness; Reproductive strategy; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITOID; FITNESS; OVICIDE; PARASITOID WASP;

BETHYLIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LAELIUS; LAELIUS PEDATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030886408     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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