Sex ratio regulation in the wasp eupelmus vuilleti (crwf.), an ectoparasitoid on bean weevil larvae (hymenoptera: pteromalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-263

  Terrasse, C ^a  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Developmental host stage; Host size; Sex ratio; Solitary parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EUPELMUS VUILLETI;

EID: 0030046297     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213869     Document Type: Article

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