Fitness effects of sex ratio response to host quality and size in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  King, Bethia H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development time; Fitness; Host size; Hymenoptera; Natural selection; Parasitoid wasp; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HOST QUALITY; HOUSE FLY; PARASITOID WASP; SEX RATIO; STABLE FLY; SURVIVORSHIP;

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0029730398     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.35     Document Type: Article

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