Resource acquisition, allocation, and utilization in parasitoid reproductive strategies

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 361-385

  Jervis, Mark A ^a   Ellers, Jacintha ^b   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ovigeny index; Oviposition; Parasitoid wasps and flies; Reproduction; Survival; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; PARASITES; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

EID: 40349087576     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093433     Document Type: Review

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