Host suitability of a gregarious parasitoid on beetle hosts: flexibility between fitness of adult and offspring.

Behavioral tactics play a crucial role in the evolution of species and are likely to be found in host-parasitoid interactions where host quality may differ between host developmental stages. We investigated foraging decisions, parasitism and related fitness in a gregarious ectoparasitoid, Scleroderm...

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Main Authors: Li Li, Jianghua Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3079713?pdf=render