Ineffective maternal care of a subsocial bug against a nymphal parasitoid: A possible consequence of specialization to predators

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; ELASMUCHA; ELASMUCHA PUTONI; MORUS (PLANT); VESPIDAE; ACANTHOSOMATIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MORACEAE; MORUS ALBA;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENCE; PARENTAL CARE;

EID: 0029662970     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01120.x     Document Type: Article

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