Chemical and Behavioral Ecology in Insect Parasitoids: How to Behave Optimally in a Complex Odorous Environment

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 92-112

  Hilker, Monika ^a   Mcneil, Jeremy ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control programs; Forest pests; General green leaf volatiles; Herbivorous insects; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952322875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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