Effects of Host Egg Mass Size on Sex Ratio and Oviposition Sequence of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Colazza, Stefano ^a   Wajnberg, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Egg mass size; Local mate competition; Nezara viridula; Parasitoid; Sex allocation; Trissolcus basalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000769902     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.329     Document Type: Article

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