The potential of Sclerodermus brevicornis as a native biocontrol agent of invasive wood-boring beetles in European agro-forest ecosystems

The potential of Sclerodermus brevicornis as a native biocontrol agent of invasive wood-boring beetles in European agro-forest ecosystems

This thesis presents a series of experiments aimed to develop the potential of the parasitoid wasp Sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) as an agent of biological control of invasive wood boring beetles. This development includes relatively straightforward considerations, such as findin...

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Main Author: Mohamed, Mohamed Khadar Abdi
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Cooperation – Hamilton’s rule – kinship – Sclerodermus brevicornis – sociality - host size - host attack – public goods – Bethylid - Goniozus nephantidis - foundress mortality - host sharing - offspring production - sex ratio - extended Local Mate Competition theory - factitious host - parasitoid mass-rearing - life-history - biological control - sex ratio variance - relatedness - kin discrimination - Goniozus legneri.
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60162/

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