Theory of oviposition strategy of parasitoids. I. Effect of mortality and limited egg number (Q794959)
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Theory of oviposition strategy of parasitoids. I. Effect of mortality and limited egg number (English)
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1984
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The optimal oviposition strategies of parasitoids, the host range, and the number of eggs laid per host which result in the maximum lifetime performance of reproduction, are investigated. To study the effects of parasitoid mortality and of limiting total number of eggs laid by a parasitoid, a standard criterion used in previous theories of optimal diet and optimal patch use, the maximization of the foraging rate, is no longer suitable. The model is solved analytically by using dynamic programming.
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optimal oviposition strategies of parasitoids
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host range
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parasitoid mortality
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limiting total number of eggs
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dynamic programming
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