Do parasitized caterpillars protect their parasitoids from hyperparasitoids? A test of the 'usurpation hypothesis'

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-708

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Kos, Martine ^b   Nakamatsu, Yutaka ^c   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^c   Dicke, Marcel ^b   Vet, Louise E M ^a,b   Brodeur, Jacques ^d   Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; defensive behaviour; hyperparasitoid; Lysibia nana; Pieris brassicae

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM; SURVIVAL; WASP;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; LYSIBIA NANA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 49149107177     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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