The role of larval aggression and mobility in the transition between solitary and gregarious development in parasitoid wasps

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Boivin, G ^a,b,c   Van Baaren, J ^a,b,c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Gregarious; Larval competition; Mymaridae; Parasitoid; Solitary

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AGGRESSION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MOBILITY; PARASITOID;

EID: 0033737190     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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