Host stage preference, juvenile mortality and functional response of Trioxys pallidus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae)

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Rakhshani, Ehsan ^a   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Kavallieratos, Nickolas ^b   Fathipour, Yaghub ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Functional response; Host stage preference; Juvenile mortality; Trioxys pallidus

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JUGLANS; TRIOXYS; TRIOXYS PALLIDUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2442551817     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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