Argentine stem weevil behavioural responses to different parasitoids

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Argentine stem weevil behavioural responses to different parasitoids

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Importation biological control can create novel host-natural enemy associations that exhibit responses different from evolved behaviours in their native range. This possibility was investigated in New Zealand based on the South American pasture pest, the Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis) in the presence of three endoparasitoid species with different levels of affinity to the weevil. The first parasitoid was Microctonus hyperodae which has a close coevolutionary history with L. b...

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29 Aug, 2022

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Morgan Shields / Stephen Wratten / Craig B. Phillips / Chikako van Koten / Jacquelyn Bennett / Stephen Goldson

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https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Argentine_stem_weevil_behavioural_responses_to_different_pa...

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biological control / Microctonus aethiopoides / Aphidius colemani / Lolium perenne / parasitoid / pasture / Argentine Stem Weevil / Listronotus bonariensis / Microctonus hyperodae / behaviour / Pest management / coevolution / pre-adaptation / Behavioural ecology / Biological control / Host-parasite interactions

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