Parasitoid Biodiversity and Insect Pest Management

Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 445-462

  Heraty, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and success of insect parasitoids; Cryptic species morphologically similar but reproductively isolated populations; DNA barcoding and biodiversity of parasitoids; Hymenoptera (Apocrita); Molecules and parasitoid biodiversity; Parasitoid biodiversity and distribution and how it affects control of pest insects; Parasitoid biodiversity and insect pest management; Parasitoids solitary, gregarious (multiple eggs deposited), or polyembryonic; Phoridae minute flies as scavengers, detritivores, or facultative 'scavengers' attacking dying or recently dead ants; Tachinid flies important factor in management of Macrolepidopteran pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549197679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308211.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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