Clutch size decisions of a gregarious parasitoid under laboratory and field conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1119-1128

  Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,b   Mills, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENCOUNTER RATE; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID;

CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; JUGLANS; LEPIDOPTERA; MASTRUS RIDIBUNDUS; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0346282899     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2296     Document Type: Article

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