Egg distributions and the information a solitary parasitoid has and uses for its oviposition decisions

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-188

  Hemerik, Lia ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Nelly ^b   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIC; Akaike's information criterion; Asobara tabida; Avoidance; Egg distribution; Leptopilina heterotoma; Solitary parasitoid; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM;

ANIMAL; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; EGGS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVIPOSITION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WASPS; ANIMALS;

ASOBARA; ASOBARA TABIDA; FIGITIDAE; HETEROTOMA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOPILINA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASP;

EID: 0036024505     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016543310896     Document Type: Article

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