Field-based evidence of rose seed-infesting wasps Megastigmus aculeatus (Swederus) surviving bird gut passage

Animal Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Hernández, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insect seed predation; Insect bird interaction; Megastigmus aculeatus; Rosa; Spain; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; FRUGIVORY; INGESTION RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; PASSERINE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASP;

EUROPE;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MEGASTIGMUS; TORYMIDAE; TURDIDAE; TURDUS;

EID: 72449175262     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075609X437709     Document Type: Article

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