Using optimality models to improve the efficacy of parasitoids in biological control programmes

• Published in: Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Vol. 158; no. 1; pp. 2 - 16
• Main Authors: Wajnberg, Eric, Roitberg, Bernard D., Boivin, Guy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Behavior; behavioural ecology; clutch size; diet choice; efficacious biological control; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; marking strategy; patch residence time; Pest control; sex ratio; clutch size; behavioural ecology; efficacious biological control; patch residence time; pest control; sex ratio; diet choice; marking strategy

Biological control of insect pests relies on the ability of natural enemies to limit pest populations. The behaviours expressed by natural enemies against their prey or hosts are modulated by a number of factors and a better understanding of these factors is key to obtaining more efficacious pest co...