Short-term host discrimination in the parasitoid wasp Trissolcus basalis Wollaston (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-28

  Field, S A ^a,b   Keller, M A ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; PARASITOID; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; SCELIONIDAE; TRISSOLCUS BASALIS;

EID: 0033058043     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO98056     Document Type: Article

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