Parasitic mites as part-time bodyguards of a host wasp

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1648, 2008, Pages 2293-2297

  Okabe, Kimiko ^a   Makino, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acarinaria; Mutualism; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Phoresy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PHORESY; WASP;

ADAPTATION; ALLODYNERUS DELPHINALIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENSLINIELLA PARASITICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MELITTOBIA ACASTA; MITE; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUPATION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ACARI; APOCRITA; MELITTOBIA ACASTA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 49749094054     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0586     Document Type: Article

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