Dispersal and foraging behaviour of Platygaster californica: Hosts can't run, but they can hide

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-306

  Darrouzet Nardi, Anthony ^a   Hoopes, Martha F ^b   Walker, Jesse D ^c   Briggs, Cheryl J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gall midge; Host parasitoid interaction; Inverse density dependence; Persistence; Rhopalomyia californica

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EGG PARASITOID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GALL INSECT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITISM; WASP;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; PLATYGASTER; PLATYGASTRIDAE; RHOPALOMYIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 33746218648     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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