Host-Size Mediated Trade-Off in a Parasitoid Sclerodermus harmandi

Optimality models of host-parasitoid relationships have traditionally assumed that host quality increases as a function of host size at parasitism. However, trade-offs may play a crucial role in species evolution and should be found in host-parasitoid interactions where the host quality may differ b...

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Main Authors: Liu, Zhudong, Xu, Bingbing, Li, Li, Sun, Jianghua
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154928/