Synchronization of a coleopteran parasitoid, Brachinus spp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), and its host

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Saska, Pavel ^a   Honek, Alois ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Parasitism; Prediction of development; Synchrony of host and parasitoid; Temperature; Thermal constants for development

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PUPATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRACHINUS; BRACHINUS CREPITANS; BRACHINUS EXPLODENS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 44849126909     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[533:SOACPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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