The Roles of Parasitoid Foraging for Hosts, Food and Mates in the Augmentative Control of Tephritidae
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Foraging Behaviors
2.1. Foraging for Hosts
2.1.1. Visual Cues
2.1.2. Chemical Cues
2.1.3. Vibration Cues
2.1.4. Plant Produced Signals
2.1.5. Host Vulnerability
2.1.6. Competition Among Parasitoids
2.1.7. Host Range Breadth
2.1.8. Abiotic Influences on Foraging
2.1.9. Foraging for Hosts and Augmentative Biological Control
2.2. Foraging for Food
2.2.1. Foraging for Food and Augmentative Biological Control
2.3. Foraging for Mates
2.3.1. Mating Systems
2.3.2. Sex Pheromones
2.3.3. Acoustic Signals
2.3.4. Foraging for Mates and Augmentative Biological Control
3. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Sivinski, J.; Aluja, M. The Roles of Parasitoid Foraging for Hosts, Food and Mates in the Augmentative Control of Tephritidae. Insects 2012, 3, 668-691. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030668
Sivinski J, Aluja M. The Roles of Parasitoid Foraging for Hosts, Food and Mates in the Augmentative Control of Tephritidae. Insects. 2012; 3(3):668-691. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030668
Chicago/Turabian StyleSivinski, John, and Martin Aluja. 2012. "The Roles of Parasitoid Foraging for Hosts, Food and Mates in the Augmentative Control of Tephritidae" Insects 3, no. 3: 668-691. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030668