Individual consistency, learning and memory in a parasitoid fly, Ormia ochracea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Paur, Jennifer ^a   Gray, David A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host switching behaviour; Ormia ochracea; Parasitoid fly; Search image; Specialization

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLY; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; MEMORY; PREY LOCATION; PREY PREFERENCE; SONG; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

GRYLLUS; ORMIA OCHRACEA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 80052692076     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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