Host-Size mediated Trade-Off in a parasitoid Sclerodermus harmandi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Zhudong ^a   Xu, Bingbing ^a   Li, Li ^a,b   Sun, Jianghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; EGG; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PROGENY; SCLERODERMUS HARMANDI; SURVIVAL; AGING; ANIMAL; BEETLE; DECISION MAKING; EGG LAYING; HISTOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80051652763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023260     Document Type: Article

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