Interactions between the egg and larval parasitoids of a gall-forming midge and their impact on the host

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-116

  Briggs, Cheryl J ^a   Latto, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Insect gall; Parasitoid competition; Parasitoid host; Rhopalomyia californica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PARASITOID; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; MORTALITY;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RHOPALOMYIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0035030684     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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