Laboratory evaluation of aggregation, direct mutual interference, and functional response characteristics of Pseudacteon tricuspis Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Henne, Donald C ^a   Johnson, Seth J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oviposition; Parasitoid behavior; Searching efficiency

Indexed keywords

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 77955665371     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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