The Effects of Aphid Traits on Parasitoid Host Use and Specialist Advantage.

Specialization is a central concept in ecology and one of the fundamental properties of parasitoids. Highly specialized parasitoids tend to be more efficient in host-use compared to generalized parasitoids, presumably owing to the trade-off between host range and host-use efficiency. However, it rem...

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Main Authors: Vesna Gagic, Olivera Petrović-Obradović, Jochen Fründ, Nickolas G Kavallieratos, Christos G Athanassiou, Petr Starý, Željko Tomanović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4910996?pdf=render