Parasitoid Fitness: From a Simple Idea to an Intricate Concept

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 31-50

  Van Baalen, Minus ^a   Hemerik, Lia ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Host tissue; Natural selection; Parasitism; Parasitoid fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955485499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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