Parasitoid-host relationships when host size varies: The case of Pseudacteon flies and Solenopsis fire ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-416

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host quality; Monogyne; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Polygyne; Pseudacteon; Sex ratio; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0031732425     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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