Sex allocation and sexual asymmetries in intra-brood competition in the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 690-700

  Ode, Paul J ^a,c   Antolin, Michael F ^b   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; clutch size; fitness; parasitoid; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BRACON HEBETOR; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE ASYMMETRY; PARASITIC WASP; SEX ALLOCATION; WASP;

EID: 0030302855     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5668     Document Type: Article

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