The parasitoid complex associated with the herbivore Hadena bicruris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) in the Netherlands

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 101-123

  Elzinga, Jelmer A ^a,c   Zwakhals, Kees ^b   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Biere, Arjen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Biophore ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Clutch size; Hyperparasitoids; Life history; Mutualism; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLUTCH SIZE; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEX RATIO;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BARYSCAPUS; BLONDELIA NIGRIPES; BRACON VARIATOR; BRACONIDAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHALCIDIDAE; ERIGORGUS; GELIS AGILIS; HADENA; HADENA BICRURIS; HYPOSOTER; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MERMITHIDAE; MESOCHORUS; MICROPLITIS TRISTIS; NOCTUIDAE; OPHION; PHRYXE VULGARIS; PTEROMALUS; SCAMBUS; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SIPHONA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33947316121     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930601121668     Document Type: Article

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