Parasitoid increases survival of its pupae by inducing hosts to fight predators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Grosman, Amir H ^a   Janssen, Arne ^a   de Brito, Elaine F ^b   Cordeiro, Eduardo G ^b   Colares, Felipe ^b   Fonseca, Juliana Oliveira ^b   Lima, Eraldo R ^b   Pallini, Angelo ^b   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOID; PREDATION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRACONIDAE; GLYPTAPANTELES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MALE; MOTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48449086893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002276     Document Type: Article

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