Host handling and specificity of the hyperparasitoid wasp, Dendrocerus carpenteri (Curtis) (Hym., Megaspilidae): Importance of host age and species

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-91

  Chow, Andrew ^a   Mackauer, M ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIUS ERVI; DENDROCERUS CARPENTERI; EPHEDRUS CALIFORNICUS; PRAON PEQUODORUM;

EID: 0032991213     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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