Influence of aphid size, age and behavio
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K. L. Kouamรฉ; M. Mackauer
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Article
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1991
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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When host quality varies, parasitoid wasps are expected to oviposit selectively in high-quality hosts. We tested the assumption underlying host-size models that, for solitary species of wasps, quality is based on host size. Using Ephedrus californicus, a solitary endoparasitoid of the pea aphid, we