The influence of temperature on size as an indicator of host quality for the development of a solitary koinobiont parasitoid

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Li, Baoping ^a   Mills, Nick ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Aphidius transcaspicus; Aphis fabae; Braconidae; Development time; Endosymbionts; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Koinobionts; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

APHID; BODY SIZE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; APHIS; APHIS FABAE; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 1642399199     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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