Host instar, body size and fitness in the koinobiotic parasitoid Aphidius nigripes

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Cloutier, C ^a   Duperron, J ^a   Tertuliano, M ^a   McNeil, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Fecundity; Female attractiveness; Host size; Intrinsic rate of increase; Longevity; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Male mating ability; Sex pheromone; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS NIGRIPES; BRACONIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE;

EID: 0033803959     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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