Does mother really know best? Oviposition preference reduces reproductive performance in the generalist parasitoid Aphidius ervi

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-174

  Henry, Lee M ^a   Gillespie, David R ^b   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphidiidae; Aulacorthum solani; Host preference; Host quality; Host transfer; Host value; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; AULACORTHUM SOLANI; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33745325934     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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