Environmental and genetic determinants of ovicide in the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 647-654

  Takasu, Keiji ^a,c   Ode, Paul J ^a,d   Antolin, Michael F ^b   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracon hebetor; Competition; Foraging; Infanticide; Ovicide; Parasitoid; Reproduction; Supe rparasitism

Indexed keywords

OVICIDE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID WASP; SUPERPARASITISM;

BRACON HEBETOR; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031453161     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.647     Document Type: Article

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