Strong parasitoid-mediated selection in experimental populations of aphids

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-669

  Herzog, Jenny ^a   Müller, Christine B ^a   Vorburger, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonal selection; Competition; Myzus persicae; Parasitoids; Resistance

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; MYZUS PERSICAE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); WASPS;

EID: 38449118132     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0362     Document Type: Article

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