Effects of wax bloom variation in Brassica oleracea on foraging by a vespid wasp

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Eigenbrode, Sanford D ^a   Rayor, Linda ^b   Chow, Jennifer ^b   Latty, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavior; Plant waxes; Polistes dominulus; Predation; Surface waxes; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; WASP;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033791984     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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