Impact of mating status on egg-laying and superparasitism behaviour in a parasitoid wasp

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-285

  Darrouzet, Eric ^a   Bignon, Laure ^a   Chevrier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial seeds; Eupelmidae; Eupelmus vuilleti; Host discrimination; Hymenoptera; Offspring sex ratio; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EGG PARASITOID; HOST SPECIFICITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

EUPELMIDAE; EUPELMUS VUILLETI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34447526778     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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