The effects of parasitoid fecundity and host taxon on the biological control of insect pests: The relationship between theory and data

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Lane, Stephen D ^a   Mills, N J ^a   Getz, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOCAT; Egg limitation; Equilibrium; Fecundity; Host taxon; Life history trade off; Model validation; Parasitoid; Pest; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032953263     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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