A comparison of the host-searching efficiency of two larval parasitoids of Plutella xylostella

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-114

  Wang, Xin Geng ^a,b   Keller, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotesia plutellae; Diadegma semiclausum; Foraging behaviour; Host searching; Parasitoids; Patch time allocation; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HOST LOCATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITOID;

ANIMALIA; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA PLUTELLAE; DIADEGMA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 0036119557     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.0374a.x     Document Type: Article

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