Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia glomerata

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-133

  Wanner, Heike ^a   Gu, Hainan ^a,b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult feeding; Flight capacity; Floral nectar; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOLOGY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; HONEY; SUCROSE;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; COTESIA GLOMERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; VICIA FABA;

EID: 33646528633     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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