Female egg dumping and the effect of sex ratio on male egg carrying in a coreid bug

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-432

  Kaitala, Arja ^a   Miettinen, Minna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coreidae; Egg carrying; Heteroptera mate guarding; Paternal care; Phyllomorpha laciniata; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EGG CARRYING; PATERNAL CARE; POSTCOPULATORY MATE GUARDING; SEX RATIO;

COREIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHYLLOMORPHA LACINIATA; RIMADARMISTUS DEPRECATOR;

EID: 0030858256     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.4.429     Document Type: Article

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