Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Biodiversity |
Editors | S Scheiner, P Guimaraes |
Volume | 2 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Publication date | 2023 |
Edition | 3rd |
Pages | 608-621 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-323-98434-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
MoE publication type | A3 Book chapter |
Abstract
Parasitoids are speciose and common insects that are an important component of natural and managed ecosystems. They exhibit a wide variety of adaptations to the parasitoid lifestyle and are important model organisms in many areas of biological research, in particular ecology, evolution and physiology. Research on their behavior and ecology has suggested ways they can be used to protect crops from pests – biological control – a more sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides.
Fields of Science
- 4111 Agronomy
- BIOCONTROL
- Clutch size
- Communities
- Foraging
- Host quality
- Host resistance
- Hymenopteran
- Oviposition
- Pest management
- Populations
- Refuges
- Sex allocation
- Symbionts
- Trophic webs