Influence of host size variation on the development of a koinobiont aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus ambiguus Haliday (Braconidae, Hymenoptera)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Xu, Q ^a   Meng, L ^a   Li, B ^a   Mills, N ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Aphis fabae; Development time; Differential mortality; Endosymbiont; Homoptera; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APHID; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOSYMBIONT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MORTALITY; REARING; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT; WASP;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS;

EID: 47649124059     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005683     Document Type: Article

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