Parasitoid wasp affects metabolism of cockroach host to favor food preservation for its offspring

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-534

  Haspel, Gal ^a,c   Gefen, Eran ^b   Ar, Amos ^b   Glusman, J Gustavo ^a   Libersat, Frederic ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampulex compressa; Oxygen consumption; Parasitoid; Periplaneta americana; Venom

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; COCKROACHES; FOOD PRESERVATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NECK INJURIES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARALYSIS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 21344436616     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0620-1     Document Type: Article

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