Understanding how parasitoids balance food and host needs: Importance to biological control

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Lewis, W J ^a   Stapel, J Oscar ^a   Cortesero, Anne Marie ^a   Takasu, Keiji ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Food; Foraging; Host; Learning; Parasitoid; Physiological state; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING; PARASITOID; PHYSICAL CUE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032007728     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0588     Document Type: Article

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