Functional response and searching efficiency in Pseudogonatopus flavifemur Esaki and Hash.(Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), a parasite of rice planthoppers

• Main Authors: Tock, Hing Chua, VA Dyck, NB Pena
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc 1984
• Subjects: QL360-599.82 Invertebrates
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34077/5/Functional%20response%20and%20searching%20efficiency%20inPseudogonatopus%20flavifemur%20Esaki%20and%20Hash.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34077/2/Functional%20response%20and%20searching%20efficiency%20inPseudogonatopus%20flavifemur%20Esaki%20and%20Hash.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34077/; https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1007/BF02515508; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515508

The functional response of Pseudogonatopus flavifemur E & H (Hym., Dryinidae) was investigated by offering hosts (brown planthopper) at densities ranging from 8 to 160 per cage. The response curve was found to be sigmoid, i. e. Holling's (1959) Type III curve. In experiments involving 310 h...