Limits to the reproductive success of two insect parasitoid species in the field

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 94; no. 11; pp. 2498 - 2504
• Main Authors: Segoli, Michal, Rosenheim, Jay A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Ecological Society of America 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Anagrus; Animals; body size; eggs; Female; females; grapes; habitats; Hemiptera - parasitology; herbivores; hosts; insects; leaves; oviposition; Ovum - parasitology; Ovum - physiology; parasitoids; prediction; Reproduction - physiology; risk; Species Specificity; Wasps - classification; Wasps - physiology

Debates on the relative importance of different factors in limiting the realized fitness of insect parasitoids and herbivores have continued for decades. One major reason for the duration of these debates is the paucity of empirical evidence regarding the reproductive success of minute insects under...