Intrinsic competition and its effects on the survival and development of three species of endoparasitoid wasps

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-248

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Gols, Rieta ^b   Strand, Michael R ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Campoletis sonorensis; Heliothis virescens; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Lepidoptera; Microplitis croceipes; Microplitis demolitor; Multiparasitism; Noctuidae; Pseudoplusia includens

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ENDOPARASITE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SURVIVAL; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; CAMPOLETIS SONORENSIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES; MICROPLITIS DEMOLITOR; NOCTUIDAE; PSEUDOPLUSIA INCLUDENS;

EID: 59449110176     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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