Dynamic virulence in a parasitoid wasp: The influence of clutch size and sequential oviposition on egg encapsulation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 833-838

  Kapranas, Apostolos ^a   Tena, Alejandro ^b   Luck, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Coccidae; Encapsulation; Gregarious development; Metaphycus flavus; Parasitoid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENCAPSULATION; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMOBILIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; VIRULENCE; WASP;

COCCIDAE; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; METAPHYCUS FLAVUS;

EID: 84857050428     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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