Adjustment of vibratory signals to ambient temperature in a host-searching parasitoid

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Kroder, Stefan ^a   Samietz, Jörg ^a,b   Schneider, David ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Host location; Parasitoid; Temperature; Thermoregulation; Vibrational sounding

Indexed keywords

ECHOLOCATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; PUPA; THERMOREGULATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIMPLA TURIONELLAE;

EID: 33846637092     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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