Body temperature of the parasitic wasp Pimpla turionellae (Hymenoptera) during host location by vibrational sounding

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Kroder, Stefan ^a   Samietz, Jörg ^a,b   Stabentheiner, Anton ^c   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Echolocation; Host location; Parasitoid; Thermoregulation; Vibrational sounding

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ECHOLOCATION; ENDOTHERMY; HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; PUPA; THERMOREGULATION; VIBRATION; WASP;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PIMPLA TURIONELLAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 38949200044     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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