Host species critical for offspring fitness and sex ratio for an oligophagous parasitoid: Implications for host coexistence

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-740

  Stenberg, J A ^a   Hamback P A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asecodes mento; clutch size; Galerucella calmariensis; Galerucella tenella; life history; parasitism; Skeppsvik

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COEXISTENCE; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; SEX RATIO; WASPS;

SKEPPSVIK ARCHIPELAGO; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

ASECODES; GALERUCELLA CALMARIENSIS; GALERUCELLA TENELLA;

EID: 78650558774     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485310000143     Document Type: Article

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