Patch exploitation strategies of parasitic wasps under intraspecific competition

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 693-701

  Goubault, Marlène ^a,c   Outreman, Yannick ^b   Poinsot, Denis ^a   Cortesero, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UPRES EA 3193   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Direct competition; Optimal foraging; Parasitoid; Patch quality; Physiological state; Prior experience of competition; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITE; PATCH USE; RESIDENCE TIME; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTE;

HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCREPOIDEUS VINDEMMIAE; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 16844373753     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari043     Document Type: Article

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