Costs of secondary parasitism in the facultative hyperparasitoid Pachycrepoideus dubius: Does host size matter?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-248

  Grandgirard, Julie ^a   Poinsot, Denis ^a   Krespi, Liliane ^a   Nénon, Jean Pierre ^a   Cortesero, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Asobara tabida; Delia radicum; Drosophila melanogaster; Facultative hyperparasitism; Fitness; Host quality; Host size; Hymenoptera; Pachycrepoideus dubius; Pteromalidae; Trybliographa rapae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036626130     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A     Document Type: Article

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