An improvement of the holling type III functional response in entomophagous species model

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-524

  Cabello, T ^a   Gamez M ^a   Varga, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biological simulation; Functional response; Parasitoid; Predator

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CHELONUS; JOPPEICIDAE; JOPPEICUS PARADOXUS;

EID: 37149051898     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339007002325     Document Type: Article

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