Quantity does matter: How feces are used for host stage selection by granary weevil parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2657-2664

  Steidle, Johannes L M ^a   Fischer, André ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feces; Host stage selection; Lariophagus distinguendus; Parasitoid; Sex allocation; Sitophilus granarius

Indexed keywords

FECES; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FECES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALIA; LARIOPHAGUS; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; SITOPHILUS GRANARIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034527589     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026421306241     Document Type: Article

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