Parasitoid clutch size and irreversible evolution

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-141

  Mayhew, Peter J ^a,b   Ode, Paul J ^b,c   Hardy, Ian C W ^d   Rosenheim, Jay A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Hymenoptera; Irreversible evolution; Life histories; Parasitoid; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0001290612     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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