Selection strategies of parasitized hosts in a generalist parasitoid depend on patch quality but also on host size

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-113

  Goubault, Marlène ^a   Fourrier, Julie ^a   Krespi, Liliane ^a   Poinsot, Denis ^a   Cortesero, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UPRES EA 3193   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Host quality; Ovicide; Patch quality; Self superparasitism; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

DELIA; DELIA RADICUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; PACHYCREPOIDEUS; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 1942456994     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000025135.94296.8d     Document Type: Article

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