Travel duration, energetic expenditure, and patch exploitation in the parasitic wasp Venturia canescens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1459-1469

  Liu, Yin Quan ^a,b   Bernstein, Carlos ^c   Thiel, Andra ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Flight mill; Marginal value theorem; Patch time allocation; Timing; Trade off; Travel costs; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPENDITURE; EXPLOITATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PATCHINESS; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; TRAVEL TIME; WASP;

ANIMALIA; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 70349990134     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0800-z     Document Type: Article

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