Parasitism of the grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes by a sarcophagid fly, Blaesoxipha atlanis: Influence of solitary and gregarious development on host and parasitoid

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-268

  Danyk, T ^a   Johnson, D L ^b   Mackauer, M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Blaesoxipha atlanis; Fecundity; Fitness trade offs; Gregarious development; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Parasitoid; Sarcophagidae

Indexed keywords

FLY; GRASSHOPPER; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

CANADA;

BLAESOXIPHA ATLANIS; DIPTERA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0034115806     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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