Host age response in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-117

  King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral mechanism; Fitness; Host age; Parasitoid wasp; Pteromalidae; Spalangia

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031780798     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020822717975     Document Type: Article

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