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Patch-Time Allocation by Insect Parasitoids: Superparasitism and Aggregation

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Population Genetics and Evolution

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Following the seminal works of MacArthur and Pianka (1966) and Emlen (1966), many ecologists have explored the foraging behaviour of animals, assuming that natural selection will favour individuals which exploit their resources most efficiently. Female insect parasitoids seek hosts to lay their eggs in or on. The direct link between successful searching and the production of offspring suggests parasitoid searching behaviour to be strongly influenced by natural selection. Therefore, it is an ideal subject for testing optimization hypotheses.

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  1. Department of Population Biology, Division of Animal Ecology, Zoological Laboratory of the University of Leiden, Kaiserstraat 63, NL-2311, GP Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. J. M. Van Alphen

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  1. Department of Population and Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Gerdina de Jong

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Van Alphen, J.J.M. (1988). Patch-Time Allocation by Insect Parasitoids: Superparasitism and Aggregation. In: de Jong, G. (eds) Population Genetics and Evolution. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73069-6_23

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