Feeding and survival in parasitic wasps: sugar concentration and timing matter
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Research on the parasitic wasp Cotesia rubecula highlights the role of sugar in species lifetime fecundity and longevity. Late-life sugar feeding and concentration significantly increased longevity. Fitness was decreased among wasps who did not feed on sugar at any time during foraging.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2001
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Body size and the timing of egg production in parasitoid wasps
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The dependence of the timing of egg production on the body size and host availability is examined. The general occurrence of size-related deferment of reproductive investment in parasitoid wasps is easily understood with the help of the ovigeny concept.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
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Host selection in phytophagous insects: a new explanation for learning in adults
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Research on insect-plant relationships indicates that learning in egg laying females is an advantageous strategy when larval development is dependent on multiple host plants. A formal mathematical model is included.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2001
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