Egg limitation in parasitoids: A review of the evidence and a case study

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-168

  Heimpel, George E ^a   Rosenheim, Jay A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE FERTILITY; OVUM;

APHYTIS AONIDIAE;

EID: 0032007754     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0587     Document Type: Article

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