Benefits of repeated mine trackings by a parasitoid when the host leafminer has a tortuous feeding pattern

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1795-1803

  Ayabe, Yoshiko ^a   Tuda, Midori ^b   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fractal dimension; host defence; host variation; host parasitoid interaction; Monte Carlo simulation model; searching behaviour

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARASITOID;

AGROMYZIDAE; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HEMIPTARSENUS VARICORNIS; HYMENOPTERA; LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII;

EID: 56049099740     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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