- the host's expense,
eventually resulting in the
death of the host.
Parasitoidism is one of six
major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished...
-
whitefly in greenhouses. Historically,
parasitoidism in
wasps influenced the
thinking of
Charles Darwin.
Parasitoid wasps range from some of the smallest...
- trophically-transmitted
parasitism (by
being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism,
parasitoidism, and micropredation. One
major axis of
classification concerns invasiveness:...
-
smaller fleas to bite 'em. And so
proceeds ad infinitum.
Hyperparasitoid Parasitoidism is now
treated as one of six
evolutionary strategies within parasitism...
-
behaviour mani****tion as an
evolutionary route toward attenuation of
parasitoid virulence".
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology. 27 (12): 2871–2875. doi:10...
- The
Braconidae are a
family of
parasitoid wasps.
After the
closely related Ichneumonidae,
braconids make up the second-largest
family in the
order Hymenoptera...
-
large number of
species in
Ichneumonidae may be due to the
evolution of
parasitoidism in Hymenoptera,
which occurred approximately 247
million years ago....
- (containing many
families of
parasitoid wasps) have been
found on
molecular analysis to be paraphyletic.
Parasitoidism evolved once, and it is found...
- horse-chestnut. Over 60
generalist parasitoids have been recorded. However, for
biological control a
highly specialist parasitoid still needs to be found. A number...
-
another service from it, but does not
usually kill it. In contrast, a
parasitoid spends a
large part of its life
within or on a
single host, ultimately...
