Optimal time allocation in parasitic wasps searching for hosts and food

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a   Siekmann, Gitta ^b,c   Keller, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PARASITOID; SUGAR; TIME ALLOCATION;

COTESIA RUBECULA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 33645121192     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14274.x     Document Type: Article

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