The impact of patch encounter rate on patch residence time of female parasitoids increases with patch quality

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-427

  Muratori, Frédéric ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^c,d   Hance, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Aphidius rhopalosiphi; Learned experience; Marginal value theorem; Patch leaving rules

Indexed keywords

APHID; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; PARASITOID; PATCHINESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TIME ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS RHOPALOSIPHI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 43049138379     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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