Efficiency of host utilisation by coleopteran parasitoid

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Saska, Pavel ^a   Honek, Alois ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amara; Body size; Bombardier beetle; Carabidae; Development time; Fitness; Food conversion; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; EXPLOITATION; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INGESTION RATE; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; PARASITOID; PUPA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHINUS EXPLODENS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855201911     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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