Small but smart: The interaction between environmental cues and internal state modulates host-patch exploitation in a parasitic wasp

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1409-1418

  Lucchetta, Patrice ^a,b,c   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Wajnberg, Eric ^d   Bernstein, Carlos ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive ecology; Food and host searching; Parasitoids; Patch residence time; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WASP;

HEXAPODA; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 34250659364     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0372-8     Document Type: Article

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