A comparative analysis of patch-leaving decision rules in a parasitoid family

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 618-626

  Wajnberg, Eric ^a   Gonsard, Pierre Alexis ^a   Tabone, Elisabeth ^a   Curty, Christine ^a   Lezcano, Nathalie ^a   Colazza, Stefano ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insect parasitoids; Patch time allocation; Proportional hazards model; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; PATCH DYNAMICS; TIME ALLOCATION;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 0038044795     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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