Nectar vs. honeydew feeding by aphid parasitoids: Does it pay to have a discriminating palate?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Vollhardt, Ines M G ^a   Bianchi, Felix J J A ^b   Wäckers, Felix L ^c   Thies, Carsten ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphidiidae; Aphidina; Aphidius ervi; Buckwheat; Cereal aphid; Diet selectivity; Food preference; Hymenoptera; Simulation model; Sitobion avenae; Sternorrhyncha

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHID; CEREAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; HONEYDEW; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; NECTAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; SUGAR;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; HYMENOPTERA; SITOBION AVENAE; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 77956234392     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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