Reevaluation of the value of autoparasitoids in biological control.

Autoparasitoids with the capacity of consuming primary parasitoids that share the same hosts to produce males are analogous to intraguild predators. The use of autoparasitoids in biological control programs is a controversial matter because there is little evidence to support the view that autoparas...

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Main Authors: Lian-Sheng Zang, Tong-Xian Liu, Fang-Hao Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102091?pdf=render