Efficiency of vibrational sounding in parasitoid host location depends on substrate density

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 723-730

  Fischer, S ^a   Samietz, J ^a   Dorn, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Host location; Pupal parasitoid; Substrate density; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; EGG LAYING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; VIBRATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOLOCATION; EFFICIENCY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OVIPOSITION; PARASITES; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; VIBRATION; WASPS;

EID: 0242507601     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0452-9     Document Type: Article

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