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Host Search Behavior

Host Search Behavior is a behavioral ecological construct that refers to the systematic process by which parasitic or symbiotic organisms locate and identify suitable host organisms for colonization, distinguishing it from related interactions through its focus on the perceptual, cognitive, and locomotor mechanisms guiding host detection and selection.

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Host-seeking Behavior

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An evolutionary approach to host finding and selection.

J.J.M. van Alphen, L.E.M. Vet · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · 1986 · 286 citations · Full text

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Entomopathogenic nematode host finding: response to host contact cues by cruise and ambush foragers

Edwin E. Lewis, Randy Gaugler, R. Harrison · Parasitology · 1992 · 245 citations

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Nictation Behaviour and Its Ecological Implications in the Host Search Strategies of Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae)

James F. Campbell, Randy Gaugler · Behaviour · 1993 · 239 citations

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Host-Finding by Insect Parasites. 1. Observations on the Finding of Hosts by Alysia manducator, Mormoniella vitripennis and Trichogramma evanescens

J. E. Laing · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1937 · 225 citations

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Host finding by moths: Sensory modalities and behaviours

Sonny B. Ramaswamy · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1988 · 198 citations

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Authors

323

  1. DR
    Daniel R. Papaj

    University of Arizona, United States

    4 publications · 259 citations

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  2. EC
    Emilie C. Snell‐Rood

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 180 citations

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  3. GD
    Gerard Driessen

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 251 citations

    3

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  4. WJ
    W. J. Lewis

    Agricultural Research Service, United States

    3 publications · 124 citations

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  5. RG
    Randy Gaugler

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    3 publications · 591 citations

    3

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Institutions

162

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    300 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    101 citations

  3. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    272 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    125 citations

  5. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    273 citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

  7. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Insect Behavior

    8 publications · 250 citations

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  2. Journal of Animal Ecology

    8 publications · 876 citations

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  3. Journal of Insect Physiology

    6 publications · 444 citations

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  4. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

    4 publications · 121 citations

    4

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  5. Environmental Entomology

    4 publications · 103 citations

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