Intrinsic inter-and intraspecific competition in parasitoid wasps

JA Harvey, EH Poelman… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Immature development of parasitoid wasps is restricted to resources found in a single host
that is often similar in size to the adult parasitoid. When two or more parasitoids of the same …

Resource acquisition, allocation, and utilization in parasitoid reproductive strategies

MA Jervis, J Ellers, JA Harvey - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Parasitoids display remarkable inter-and intraspecific variation in their reproductive and
associated traits. Adaptive explanations have been proposed for many of the between-trait …

[图书][B] Consumer-resource dynamics (MPB-36)

WW Murdoch, CJ Briggs, RM Nisbet - 2013 - degruyter.com
Despite often violent fluctuations in nature, species extinction is rare. California red scale, a
potentially devastating pest of citrus, has been suppressed for fifty years in California to …

Oxygen isotope fractionation between human phosphate and water revisited

V Daux, C Lécuyer, MA Héran, R Amiot, L Simon… - Journal of human …, 2008 - Elsevier
The oxygen isotope composition of human phosphatic tissues (δ18OP) has great potential
for reconstructing climate and population migration, but this technique has not been applied …

The life-cycle

MA Jervis, MJW Copland, KS Shameer… - Jervis's Insects as Natural …, 2023 - Springer
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Find a journal Publish with us Track your research Search Cart Book cover Jervis's Insects as …

Does floral nectar improve biological control by parasitoids

GE Heimpel, MA Jervis - Plant-provided food for carnivorous insects …, 2005 - cambridge.org
The incorporation of plant diversity within agricultural systems has led to decreased insect
pest densities in approximately 50% of studies in which monocultures and polycultures were …

Factors affecting the evolution of development strategies in parasitoid wasps: the importance of functional constraints and incorporating complexity

JA Harvey - Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Parasitoid wasps have long been considered as model organisms for examining optimal
resource allocation to different fitness functions, such as body size and development time …

The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance

G Benelli, G Giunti, A Tena, N Desneux, A Caselli… - Journal of Pest …, 2017 - Springer
Diet is one of the most common influences on parasitoid reproductive traits. The life span,
mating ability, fecundity, fertility and sex ratio of parasitoids can be affected by the quality of …

[图书][B] The evolution of social wasps

JH Hunt - 2007 - books.google.com
Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the
transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery. In The Evolution …

Comparing floral nectar and aphid honeydew diets on the longevity and nutrient levels of a parasitoid wasp

JC Lee, GE Heimpel, GL Leibee - … experimentalis et applicata, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We compared the effects of floral nectar from buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench,
and honeydew produced by the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Homoptera …