Do female coleopteran parasitoids enhance their reproductive success by selecting high-quality oviposition sites?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1046-1052

  Fournet, S ^a   Poinsot, D ^b   Brunel, E ^a   Nenon J P ^a   Cortesero, A M ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aleochara; Fitness; Oviposition behaviour; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALEOCHARA BILINEATA; COLEOPTERA; DELIA RADICUM; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0035206581     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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