Oviposition on the back of conspecifics: An unusual reproductive tactic in a coreid bug

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 381-389

  Kaitala, Arja ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM; PARENTAL CARE;

COREIDAE; GRYON BOLIVARI; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHYLLOMORPHA LACINIATA; SCELIONIDAE;

EID: 0030303304     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545928     Document Type: Article

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