The optimal foraging theory has provided a successful explanation of the complex aspects involved in resource utilization and selection by interacting species. Gall-inducing insects and their natural enemies have played an important role in generating testable evolutionary hypotheses.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between final ball gall mass and the mass of the gall inducing larva of Eurosta solidaginis and/or the mass of the adult fly that emerges, and to determine if there is a correlation between gall mass and the mass of the parasitoid Eurytoma obtusiventris.
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