Superparasitism in the solitary ectoparasitoid Aptesis nigrocincta: The influence of egg load and host encounter rate

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 63-69

  Babendreier, Dirk ^a,b   Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aptesis nigrocincta; Egg load; Host encounter rate; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Oviposition; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

EGG; ENCOUNTER RATE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM;

APTESIS NIGROCINCTA; HOPLOCAMPA TESTUDINEA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TENTHREDINIDAE;

EID: 0036999348     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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