Behaviour of male and female parasitoids in the field: Influence of patch size, host density, and habitat complexity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-351

  Martijn Bezemer, T ^a   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Kamp, André F D ^a   Wagenaar, Roel ^a   Gols, Rieta ^b   Kostenko, Olga ^a   Fortuna, Taiadjana ^a   Engelkes, Tim ^a   Vet, Louise E M ^b   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^b   Soler, Roxina ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brassica nigra; Cotesia glomerata; Density dependency; Habitat; Pieris brassicae; Plant diversity; Release recapture; Searching efficiency; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FIELD SURVEY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOST LOCATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASP;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 77953673453     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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