Foraging for mates in the hyperparasitic wasp, Dendrocerus carpenteri: Impact of unfavourable weather conditions and parasitoid age

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-80

  Schwörer, Ulrich ^a   Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age effects; Foraging behaviour; Hyperparasitoid; Males; Mating success

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PARASITOID;

DENDROCERUS CARPENTERI; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASPILIDAE;

EID: 0345279924     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050762     Document Type: Article

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