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Contrasting reproductive traits of competing parasitoids facilitate coexistence on a shared host pest in a biological control perspective.
Pest management science - 1 Aug 2022
Cusumano Antonino, Peri Ezio, Alınç Tuğcan, Colazza Stefano
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BACKGROUND: Interspecific competition in insect parasitoids is an important ecological phenomenon that has relevant implications for biological pest control. To date, interspecific intrinsic (=larval) competition has been intensively studied, while investigations on extrinsic (=adult) competition have often lagged behind. In this study we examined the role played by parasitoid reproductive traits and host clutch...
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