Competition and Asymmetric Wars of Attrition in Insect Parasitoids

Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 193-211

  Haccou, Patsy ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ideal free distribution; Insect parasitoids; Parasitoid behavior; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249139843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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