Theory for biological control: Recent developments

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2001-2013

  Murdoch, William W ^a   Briggs, Cheryl J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control of insect pests; Competition between natural enemies; Effects on biocontrol; Evolution and ecology; Insects, stage structured models of; Parasitoid aggregation and stability; Parasitoid behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACITON; PARASITOID;

EID: 0030993075     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265696     Document Type: Article

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