Parasitoids display remarkable inter-and intraspecific variation in their reproductive and
associated traits. Adaptive explanations have been proposed for many of the between-trait …

▪ Abstract Empirical research has not supported the prediction that populations of terrestrial
herbivorous arthropods are regulated solely by their natural enemies. Instead, both natural …

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex
allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female …

Summary 1 Ecologists concerned with life‐history strategies of parasitoid wasps have
recently focused on interspecific variation in the fraction of the maximum potential lifetime …

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 …

The diminutive size of most parasitoids undoubtedly has limited their choice as subjects for
behavioral study, despite their great diversity in lifestyles and reproductive strategies. The …

1. The relationship between the size of a female parasitoid and its fitness is a major element
of models of optimal clutch size, of host species selection, of the evolution of siblicide in …

1. Many evolutionary models of parasitoid behaviour assume a positive correlation between
size and fitness. In this paper we study the size–fitness relationship in the laboratory and in …

Life history theory predicts that a nontrivial proportion of parasitoids should exhaust their egg
supply during their lifetime. We reviewed the literature on egg limitation in parasitoids and …

As most parasitoids are time limited, they usually die before they have laid all their eggs. In
such cases, optimal foraging theory predicts that female parasitoids will adopt behavioral …