A dynamic model of mating behavior in digger wasps: The energetics of male-male competition mimic size-dependent thermal constraints

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 423-434

  Fraizer, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative male mating strategies; Dynamic model; Sexual selection; Sphecidae; Thermal constraints

Indexed keywords

DIGGER WASP; ENERGETICS; MALE-MALE COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOUR; MODELLING;

HYMENOPTERA; MICROOBEMBEX;

EID: 0031457644     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050403     Document Type: Article

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