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Host-finding Behavior

Host-Finding Behavior is a behavioral ecological process in which parasitic or predatory insects locate and identify suitable host organisms or habitats through the detection and integration of specific chemical, physical, and environmental cues.

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26.3K

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1.4K

Authors

514

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2017–2026

43

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Host-location Behavior

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Publications

591

Searching Behavior Patterns in Insects

W.J. Bell · Annual Review of Entomology · 1990 · 472 citations

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The General Host Selection Behavior of Parasitoid Hymenoptera and a Comparison of Initial Strategies Utilized by Larvaphagous and Oophagous Species

S. Bradleigh Vinson · Biological Control · 1998 · 446 citations

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Automated monitoring and analysis of social behavior in Drosophila

H. Dankert, Liming Wang, Eric D. Hoopfer et al. · Nature Methods · 2009 · 417 citations · Full text

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Insect Natural Enemies: Practical Approaches to Their Study and Evaluation.

Charles Godfray, Mark A. Jervis, N. A. C. Kidd · Journal of Applied Ecology · 1997 · 401 citations

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Search Image Formation in the Blue Jay ( <i>Cyanocitta cristata</i> )

Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Alan C. Kamil · Science · 1979 · 311 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.4K

  1. WJ
    W. J. Lewis

    Agricultural Research Service, United States

    10 publications · 849 citations

    10

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  2. BH
    Bernhard Haberl

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    8 publications · 350 citations

    8

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  3. WH
    Wilfried Haas

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    8 publications · 407 citations

    8

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  4. JV
    J.C. van Lenteren

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    8 publications · 508 citations

    8

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  5. LV
    L.E.M. Vet

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    8 publications · 862 citations

    8

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Institutions

514

  1. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    41 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. United States Department of Agriculture

    Washington, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    2K citations

  4. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    690 citations

  6. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    766 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

    21

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  2. Environmental Entomology

    25 publications · 838 citations

    19

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  3. Journal of Insect Behavior

    26 publications · 834 citations

    19

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  4. Journal of Chemical Ecology

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

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  5. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

    24 publications · 740 citations

    17

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