How two different host species influence the performance of a gregarious parasitoid: Host size is not equal to host quality

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 376-383

  Häckermann, Johanna ^a   Rott, Anja S ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Fitness; Host quality; Host size; Hyssopus pallidus; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; CLUTCH SIZE; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MALUS; MOTHS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EULOPHIDAE; GRAPHOLITA MOLESTA; HYMENOPTERA; HYSSOPUS PALLIDUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 33846944342     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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