Individual level trade-offs and artifacts in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma carverae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 695-700

  Bennett, David M ^a   Reynolds, Kathleen T ^a   Thomson, Linda J ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intraspecific; Life span; Reproduction; Synovigeny; Trade offs; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA CARVERAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036880348     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0695:ILTOAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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