The costs and consequences of parasitoid attack for the predatory hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 669-679

  Hazell, Steaphan P ^a   Wenlock, Claire ^a   Bachel, Susan ^a   Fellowes, Mark D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of resistance; Diplazon laetatorius; Episyrphus balteatus; Immunity; Pea aphid; Tritrophic

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644466002     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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