Intrinsic competition between larval parasitoids with different degrees of host specificity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 564-570

  De Moraes, Consuelo M ^a   Mescher, Mark C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiochiles nigriceps; Competitive interactions; Cotesia marginiventris; Heliothis virescens; Host range; Larval parasitoids; Microplitis croceipes; Multiparasitism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HERBIVORE; HOST; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; INSECTA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES; TOXONEURON NIGRICEPS;

EID: 33745189580     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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