Evolutionary Character Changes and Population Responses in an Insect Host-Parasitoid Experimental System

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Tuda, Midori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; Contest competition; Evolutionary dynamics; Heterospilus prosopidis; Host parasitoid system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008433744     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02763461     Document Type: Article

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