Analysis of foraging behavior of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa on a leaf: A simulation study

Biological Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-36

  Van Roermund, H J W ^a   Van Lenteren, J C ^a   Rabbinge, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Encarsia formosa; foraging behavior; functional response; Monte Carlo simulation; parasitoid; patch time allocation; stochastic model; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0031035401     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0479     Document Type: Article

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