Foraging behaviour at the fourth trophic level: A comparative study of host location in aphid hyperparasitoids

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-117

  Buitenhuis, R ^a,e   Vet, L E M ^b,c   Boivin, G ^d   Brodeur, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alloxysta victrix; Alloxystidae; Aphid parasitoid; Asaphes suspensus; Dendrocerus carpenteri; Encyrtidae; Host search behaviour; Hymenoptera; Infochemical; Megaspilidae; Multitrophic interactions; Olfaction; Pteromalidae; Syrphophagus aphidivorus

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; HOST RANGE; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOID;

ALLOXYSTA VICTRIX; ALLOXYSTIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ASAPHES; ASAPHES SUSPENSUS; DENDROCERUS CARPENTERI; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASPILIDAE; PTEROMALIDAE; SYRPHOPHAGUS APHIDIVORUS;

EID: 14044275109     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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