Learning affects host discrimination behavior in a parasitoid wasp

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Van Baaren, Joan ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Kinship; Learning; Mymaridae Host discrimination; Parasitoid; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

HOST DISCROMINATION; LEARNING; PARASITOID WASP;

ANAPHES VICTUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 0031955359     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050406     Document Type: Article

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