Humidity-terminated diapause in the tropical braconid parasitoid Microplitis demolitor

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-485

  Seymour, Jamie E ^a   Jones, Rhondda E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diapause; Humidity termination; Parasitoid; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; HUMIDITY; PARASITOID;

BRACONIDAE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA PUNCTIGERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPLITIS DEMOLITOR;

EID: 0033672956     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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