Superparasitism in Cotesia glomerata: Response of hosts and consequences for parasitoids

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-431

  Gu, Hainan ^a   Wang, Qun ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; Host response; Parasitoid fitness; Pieris brassicae; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENDOPARASITE; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; SUPERPARASITISM; SURVIVORSHIP;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA GLOMERATA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0042574156     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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