Foraging for intermittently refuged prey: Theory and field observations of a parasitoid

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1244-1254

  White, Jennifer A ^a,b   Andow, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

European corn borer; Foraging behaviour; Learning; Parasitism; Patch leaving models

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEARNING; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARASITISM; VULNERABILITY; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; MACROCENTRUS GRANDII; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 35148891163     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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