The effect of exposure to conspecifics on restlessness in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 678-684

  King, B H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSAL; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCOMOTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 34948821842     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-109     Document Type: Article

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