Intrinsic, inter-specific competition between egg, egg-larval, and larval parasitoids of plusiine loopers

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-228

  Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a   Henderson, Ruth ^b   Corley, Laura S ^b   Iwabuchi, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthoplusia agnata; Copidosoma floridanum; Glyptapanteles pallipes; Inter specific competition; Multiparasitism; Parasitoid; Polyembryony; Trichogramma pretiosum; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CASTE SYSTEM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; EGG PARASITOID; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ACANTHOPLUSIA AGNATA; COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM; GLYPTAPANTELES; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 33947676418     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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