Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-243

  Castelo, Marcela K ^a   Ney Nifle, Muriel ^b   Corley, Juan C ^c   Bernstein, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asilidae; Fitness; Host location; Oviposition; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Superparasitism; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

ASILIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; MALLOPHORA RUFICAUDA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33751373598     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5     Document Type: Article

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