Host, host location and aggressive behaviour in a tropical wood-borer parasitoid genus Monilobracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera) in Kibale Forest National Park, West Uganda

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Quicke, D L J ^a,b   Laurenne, N M ^c   Barclay, M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Atractocerus; Braconidae; Competition; Lymexylidae; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LYMEXYLONIDAE; MONILOBRACON;

EID: 27644587756     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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