Interference among insect parasitoids: A multi-patch experiment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-120

  Visser, Marcel E ^a   Jones, T Hefin ^b   Driessen, Gerard ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interference; Overall search rate; Parasitoid; Population dynamics; Searching efficiency; Trybliographa rapae

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INSECT; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PARASITOID; PATCHINESS;

EID: 0032898628     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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