Food or host: do physiological state and flower type affect foraging decisions of parasitoids?

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00265-019-2758-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00265-019-2758-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2758-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00265-019-2758-9</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Food or host: do physiological state and flower type affect foraging decisions of parasitoids?
Original language description
We tested decision-making on Aphidius rhopalosiphi parasitoid females with different life expectancy levels (as set by recent feeding history) and mating status, using two flower species with contrasted attractiveness and nectar suitability. Interestingly, all fed and unfed females with different expected lifetime levels favored reproduction over nutrition since they are mated. For a given expected lifetime, mated females favored more reproduction whereas unmated ones favored food. Physiological status of females (mating and lifetime expectancy) did not interact with flower species on their foraging decisions nor did it modify their preferences, as they always favored the most attractive flower.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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