Does parasitoid attack strategy influence host specificity? A test with New World braconids

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-502

  Althoff, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Host range; Idiobiosis; Koinobiosis; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0043074804     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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