Effects of host species and size on brood size and larval mortality of the parasitoid, Ageniaspis fuscicollis (Dalman) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 528-534

  Cleary, D F R ^a   Van Ginkel, Wil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageniaspis fuscicollis; Field sex ratio; The Netherlands; Yponomeuta

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SIZE SELECTION;

AGENIASPIS; AGENIASPIS FUSCICOLLIS; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; YPONOMEUTA; YPONOMEUTA CAGNAGELLUS; YPONOMEUTA EVONYMELLUS; YPONOMEUTA PADELLUS; YPONOMEUTA RORELLUS; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 10644241954     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.528     Document Type: Article

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