Effect of variation in host size on sex ratio, size, and survival of Syngaster lepidus, a parasitoid of Eucalyptus longhorned beetles (Phoracantha spp.): II

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 374-381

  Paine, Timothy D ^a   Joyce, Andrea L ^b   Millar, Jocelyn G ^a   Hanks, Lawrence M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angophora; Biological control; Braconidae; Cerambycidae; Corymbia; Eucalyptus; Host size; Myrtaceae; Phoracantha recurva; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Syngaster lepidus

Indexed keywords

ANGOPHORA; BRACONIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE; PHORACANTHA; SYNGASTER LEPIDUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2342592069     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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