Odor-mediated patch choice in the parasitoid venturia canescens: Temporal decision dynamics

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Liu, Yin Quan ^a,b   Thiel, Andra ^b   Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging; Heterogeneous environment; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Kairomone; Olfactory cues; Patch choice time; Patch selection; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; KAIROMONE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOID; PATCH USE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; VENTURIA (ICHNEUMONID WASP); VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 67749147587     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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