Optimal resource allocation to survival and reproduction in parasitic wasps foraging in fragmented habitats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wajnberg, Eric ^a   Coquillard, Patrick ^a   Vet, Louise E M ^b   Hoffmeister, Thomas ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORAGING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LEARNING; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; WASP; ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

EID: 84862006017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038227     Document Type: Article

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