Patterns of parasitism among conopid flies parasitizing bumblebees

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Otterstatter, Michael Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apidae; Bombus; Conopidae; Diptera; Host size; Host species; Hymenoptera; Parasitism risk; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS CALIFORNICUS; BOMBUS FLAVIFRONS; CONOPIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2442593897     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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