Cocoon silk chemistry in parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) and their hosts

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Quicke, Donald L J ^a,b   Shaw, Mark R ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cotesia; Energetics; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COCOON; PARASITOID;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 1242345247     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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