Effects of time limitation and egg limitation on lifetime reproductive success of a parasitoid in the field

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-289

  Heimpel, George E ^a,c   Mangel, Marc ^b   Rosenheim, Jay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphytis; Dynamic modeling; Egg limitation; Fecundity; Parasitoids; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID WASP; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR;

APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS; APHYTIS AONIDIAE; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031823731     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286167     Document Type: Article

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