Effects and interactions of temperature, host deprivation and adult feeding on the longevity of the parasitoid Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Eliopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Stathas, George J ^b,c   Bouras, Stelios L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult feeding; Body size; Host deprivation; Longevity; Parasitoid; Temperature; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; TEMPERATURE;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 20444465213     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.029     Document Type: Article

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