Feeding and survival in parasitic wasps: Sugar concentration and timing matter

Oikos

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 425-430

  Siekmann, Gitta ^a   Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a   Keller, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; SUGAR; SURVIVAL;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA RUBECULA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0035711685     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950307.x     Document Type: Article

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