Learning in the generalist tachinid parasitoid Exorista mella walker (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 689-706

  Stireman III, John O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Host location; Parasitoid; Tachinidae; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

EXORISTA MELLA;

EID: 0036758892     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020752024329     Document Type: Article

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