Role of cold tolerance in the seasonal life history of Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the Southern Great Plains

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 739-745

  Berberet, R C ^a   Bisges, A D ^a   Zarrabi, A A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bathyplectes curculionis; Cold tolerance; Parasite acclimation

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; EMERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITOID;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

BATHYPLECTES CURCULIONIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYAS IULIA; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERA; HYPERA POSTICA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0036706242     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.4.739     Document Type: Article

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