Contrasting frequencies of parasitism and host mortality among phorid and conopid parasitoids of bumble-bees

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-237

  Otterstatter, Michael C ^a   Whidden, Troy L ^a   Owen, Robin E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus; Conopidae; Foraging; Mortality; Parasitoid; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PARASITISM;

APIDAE; APOCEPHALUS; APOCEPHALUS BOREALIS; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CONOPIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PHYSOCEPHALA; PHYSOCEPHALA TEXANA;

EID: 0036226788     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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