For parasitoids, the host represents the sole source of nutrients for the developing immature.
Subsequently, host quality is an important factor affecting immature development and the …

Upon encountering a host, a female parasitoid wasp has to decide whether to learn positive
or negative cues related to the host. The optimal female decision will depend on the fitness …

Nutritional quality during early life can affect learning ability and memory retention of animals.
Here we studied the effect of resource quality gained during larval development on the …

The Hopkin’s host-selection principle (HHSP) suggests that organisms at higher trophic
levels demonstrate a preference for the host species on which they developed during larval …

Several major hypotheses have been proposed to explain how larger brains in mammals,
such as those of humans, are afforded in energetic terms. To date, these have been largely …

Theory suggests that the net benefit of allocating resources to a sexual trait depends both on
the strength of sexual selection on that trait and on individual condition. This predicts a tight …