Venturia canescens parasitizing Plodia interpunctella: host vulnerability — a matter of degree

Theoretical studies have established clearly that age- dependence in the association between parasitoids and hosts (and predators and prey generally), including age- dependence in the susceptibility of hosts to attack, is of potentially great importance as an influence on the dynamics of their populations (Godfray

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