Energy reserves of parasitoids depend on honeydew from non-hosts

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-289

  Tena, Alejandro ^a   Pekas, Apostolos ^b,c   Wäckers, Felix L ^b,d   Urbaneja, Alberto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphytis melinus; Carbohydrate; Feeding ecology; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Host feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOENERGETICS; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HONEYDEW; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NECTAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUGAR; WASP;

APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS MELINUS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84877606619     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12018     Document Type: Article

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