A simple Markov model for the assessment of host patch quality by foraging parasitoids

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 456-466

  Green, Richard F ^a   Ayal, Yoram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphids; Diaeretiella rapae; Kairomones; Parasitoid; Patch assessment

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; INSECT; MODELING; PARASITOID;

EID: 0031796610     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050610     Document Type: Article

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