Frass clearing by male pine engraver beetles (Ips pini; scolytidae): Paternal care or paternity assurance?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 318-325

  Lissemore, Frances M ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Ips pini; Parental care; Paternity assurance; Sperm precedence

Indexed keywords

IPS PINI; COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTIDAE;

FRASS CLEARING; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY ASSURANCE; PINE ENGRAVER BEETLE;

EID: 0030619855     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.318     Document Type: Article

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