Testing competing measures of profitability for mobile resources

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-764

  Barrette, Maryse ^a,b   Wu, Gi Mick ^a,b   Brodeur, Jacques ^c   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^d   Boivin, Guy ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Handling time; Optimal diet; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HANDLING TIME; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOBILITY; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PARASITOID; PREY PREFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 57749174866     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1175-y     Document Type: Article

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