Parasitoids flip a coin before deciding to superparasitize

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 802-806

  Plantegenest, Manuel ^a   Outreman, Yannick ^a   Goubault, Marlene ^b   Wajnberg, Eric ^c  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Host selection; Partial preferences; Solitary parasitoids; Stochastic decision

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; STOCHASTICITY;

VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 3142758098     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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