Intrinsic inter-and intraspecific competition in parasitoid wasps

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-351

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Poelman, Erik H ^b   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

contest competition; development; host immunity; idiobiont; koinobiont; scramble competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW; WASP;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; WASPS;

EID: 84873872193     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153622     Document Type: Review

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