1992
DOI: 10.2307/5515
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Clutch Size in a Parasitoid Wasp: A Manipulation Experiment

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“…obs.). In addition to dependency on resources for adult feeding, several features common to parasitoids' life histories may weaken further the relationship between body size and potential fecundity in these insects compared with their capital-breeding hosts (Hardy et al, 1992;Ellers & van Alphen, 1997). If the period when hosts are vulnerable to parasitoid attacks is short, the relationship between body size and realised fecundity is presumably weakened as parasitoids have to share time among feeding, searching for hosts, and ovipositing.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…obs.). In addition to dependency on resources for adult feeding, several features common to parasitoids' life histories may weaken further the relationship between body size and potential fecundity in these insects compared with their capital-breeding hosts (Hardy et al, 1992;Ellers & van Alphen, 1997). If the period when hosts are vulnerable to parasitoid attacks is short, the relationship between body size and realised fecundity is presumably weakened as parasitoids have to share time among feeding, searching for hosts, and ovipositing.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Standard sized hosts were used in the experiments because G. nephantidis lays more eggs on larger hosts (Hardy et al, 1992). As insufficient standard sized hosts were available in generations 6, 12 and 15-18 of experiment 1, the data from these generations were excluded from brood size and sex ratio analyses.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…G. naphantidis lays clutches of 5-20 eggs, with clutch size strongly influenced by host size (Hardy et al, 1992). Broods are highly female-biased (Ramachandra Rao & Cherian, 1927), probably because of local mate competition (Hamilton, 1967), and typically comprise one male plus several females.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This was verified for V. canescens as the large wasps (hind tibia length > 1.96 mm) lived significantly longer than the small ones (hind tibia length < 1.89 mm). A positive correlation between body size and longevity is recorded for adults of V. canescens reared on Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Fletcher et al, 1994;, as well as for other parasitoids of stored product pests, like Lariophagus distinguendus Förster (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) (Bellows, 1985), Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) (Waage & Ng, 1984) and Goniozus nephantidis (Muesebeck) (Hymenoptera: Bethyidae) (Hardy et al, 1992).…”
Section: Effect Of Body Sizementioning
confidence: 99%