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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Host acceptance and discrimination byComperia merceti (Compere) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and evidence for an optimal density range for resource utilization
Author(s):		Van Driesche RG; Hulbert C;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		9
Page Number:		1399 - 1409
DOI:		10.1007/BF00988121
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		The cement used by females ofSupella longipala (F.) (OrthopteraratioBlattellidae) to bind their oothecae to substrates acts as a kairomone for host acceptance by the parasitoidComperia merceti. C. merceti discriminates parasitized from unparasitized oothecae and oviposts at reduced levels in the former. Low survival rates for parasitoids reared from oothecae receiving fewer than four ovipositions suggests that an 'optimal density range' for resource utilization byC. merceti exists
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEVan Driesche, R G Hulbert, C eng 1984/09/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Sep; 10(9):1399-409. doi: 10.1007/BF00988121"