Defence strategies against a parasitoid wasp in Drosophila: Fight or flight?

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-233

  Lefèvre, Thierry ^a   De Roode, Jacobus C ^a   Kacsoh, Balint Z ^a   Schlenke, Todd A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Drosophila; Parasitoid wasps; Physiological and behavioural defences; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLY; INFECTIVITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRADE-OFF; WASP;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; LEPTOPILINA BOULARDI;

EID: 84860345667     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0725     Document Type: Article

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