Eggload dynamics and oviposition rate in a wild population of a parasitic wasp

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-193

  Casas, Jérôme ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b   Swarbrick, Sue ^b   Murdoch, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphytis; Foraging; Host parasitoid population dynamics; Life history strategies; Scale insects

Indexed keywords

EGG LAYING; FORAGING; MATURATION; MODEL; NUTRIENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; STEADY STATE;

EGG PRODUCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OVIPOSITION;

AONDINIELLA AURANTII; APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS MELINUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034056685     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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