Wing morph development and reproduction of the ectoparasitoid Melittobia digitata: Nutritional and hormonal effects

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Cônsoli, Fernando L ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Egg load; Eulophidae; Hymenoptera; Imaginal disc; Nutrition; Trade off

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; NUTRITION; PARASITOID; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA;

EID: 3543054160     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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