Significance of host size for a solitary endoparasitoid: A trade-off between fitness parameters

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-471

  Jenner, Wade ^a,b   Kuhlmann, Ulrich ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Campoplex dubitator; Development time; Egg load; Enarmonia formosana; Koinobiont; Life history; Longevity

Indexed keywords

CAMPOPLEX DUBITATOR; ENARMONIA FORMOSANA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 33746849378     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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