Host switching in a generalist parasitoid: Contrasting transient and transgenerational costs associated with novel and original host species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 459-465

  Jones, Thomas S ^a   Bilton, Adam R ^a   Mak, Lorraine ^a   Sait, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biocontrol; Fitness; Invasive species; Parasitism; Phenotypic plasticity; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 84921342466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1333     Document Type: Article

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