Plant-based host preference and larval competition of the tachinid parasitoid Epicampocera succincta

Population Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-155

  Iwao, K ^a   Nakamura, S ^b   Ohsaki, N ^c  

^a Momoyama Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b Agricultural Chemicals Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; Host choice; Host range; Pieris melete; Pieris rapae; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; PARASITOID; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTOGEIA MELETE; BRACONIDAE; CARDAMINE; CARDAMINE APPENDICULATA; CARDAMINE SCUTATA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; DIPTERA; EPICAMPOCERA SUCCINCTA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS MELETE; PIERIS RAPAE; TACHINIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034808477     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012026     Document Type: Article

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