Floral resources impact longevity and oviposition rate of a parasitoid in the field

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-572

  Lee, Jana C ^a   Heimpel, George E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadegma insulare; Egg load; Fecundity; Nectar; Wing wear

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FLY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LONGEVITY; MATURATION; MOTH; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FAGOPYRUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WASP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRASSICA; FAGOPYRUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA INSULARE; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 41149117213     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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