Why walnut flies superparasitize: Time savings as a possible explanation

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-174

  Papaj, Daniel R ^a   Alonso Pimentel, Henar ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Host marking pheromone; Parasitoid; Superparasitism; Tephritid fruit fly

Indexed keywords

OVIPOSITION; SUPERPARASITISM; TIME SAVINGS; WALNUT FLY;

DIPTERA; RHAGOLETIS BOYCEI; RHAGOLETIS JUGLANDIS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0030981190     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050071     Document Type: Article

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