As most parasitoids are time limited, they usually die before they have laid all their eggs. In
such cases, optimal foraging theory predicts that female parasitoids will adopt behavioral …

Parasitoids and their hosts are linked by intimate and harmful interactions that make them
well suited to analyze fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes with regard to life …

In the English edition of his landmark book Endosymbiosis of Animals with Plant
Microorganisms (1965), Professor Paul Buchner, probably the most prominent founder of …

Intraspecific competition is a major force in mediating population dynamics, fuelling
adaptation, and potentially leading to evolutionary diversification. Among the evolutionary …

The parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma has been used as a model system for more than 70
years, contributing greatly to diverse research areas in ecology and evolution. Here, we …

A parasitoid's decision to reject or accept a potential host is fundamental to its fitness.
Superparasitism, in which more than one egg of a given parasitoid species can deposit in a …

Reproductive success for species in which offspring are confined to a distinct resource
depends on the ability of parents to locate reproductive sites as well as the quality of these …

Parasites often induce behavioural changes in their host. However, it is not necessarily easy
to determine whether these changes are representative of an adaptation of the parasite …

Large dsDNA viruses from the Naldaviricetes class are currently composed of four viral
families infecting insects and/or crustaceans. Since the 1970s, particles described as …

The invasion of a novel host species can create a mismatch in host choice and offspring
survival (performance) when native parasitoids attempt to exploit the invasive host without …