Host genotype affects the relative success of competing lines of aphid parasitoids under superparasitism

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Vorburger, Christoph ^a   Eugster, Bettina ^b   Villiger, Jörg ^a   Wimmer, Corinne ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Genotype by genotype interaction; Hamiltonella defensa; Lysiphlebus fabarum; Parasitoids; Superparasitism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APHID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERPARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIS FABAE; BRACONIDAE; CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS FABARUM;

EID: 74249105586     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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