The use of kairomones for foraging decisions by an aphid parasitoid in small host aggregations

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-329

  Shaltiel, Liora ^a   Ayal, Yoram ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphids; Brevicoryne brassicae; Count down; Diaeretiella rapae; Foraging; Honeydew; Kairomone; Parasitoid host interactions; Patch

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; PARASITOID;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIIDAE; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031850858     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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