Parasitoids display remarkable inter- and intraspecific variation in their reproductive and associated traits. Adaptive explanations have been proposed for many of the between-trait relationships. We present an overview of the current knowledge of parasitoid reproductive biology, focusing on egg production strategies in females, by placing parasitoid reproduction within physiological and ecological contexts. Thus, we relate parasitoid reproduction both to inter- and intraspecific patterns of nutrient allocation, utilization, and acquisition, and to key aspects of host ecology, specifically abundance and dispersion pattern. We review the evidence that resource trade-offs underlie several key intertrait correlations and that reproductive and feeding strategies are closely integrated at both the physiological and the behavioral levels. The idea that parasitoids can be divided into capital-breeders or income-breeders is no longer tenable; such terminology is best restricted to the females' utilization of particular nutrients.

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类寄生虫繁殖策略中的资源获取，分配和利用。

寄生虫的生殖和相关性状表现出明显的种内和种内变异。对于许多特征之间的关系，已经提出了适应性的解释。我们通过将准寄生虫繁殖置于生理和生态环境中，概述了目前对准寄生虫生殖生物学的认识，重点是雌性卵的生产策略。因此，我们将类寄生物的繁殖与营养分配，利用和获取的种间和种内模式以及寄主生态的关键方面相关，特别是丰度和分散模式。我们审查了证据，即资源权衡是几个关键的相互关系的基础，并且生殖和喂养策略在生理和行为水平上都紧密结合在一起。将寄生虫分为资本繁殖者或收入繁殖者的想法不再成立。此类术语最好仅限于女性对特定营养素的利用。