Patch departure mechanisms and optimal host exploitation in an insect parasitoid

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-459

  Driessen, Gerard ^a   Bernstein, Carlos ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Count down mechanism; Optimal foraging; Patch leaving decisions; Proportional hazards model; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PATCH USE;

VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 0033034606     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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