Reproductive strategy of a woodwasp with no fungal symbionts, Xeris spectrum (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-556

  Fukuda, Hideshi ^a   Hijii, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylostereum fungi; Fungal symbiont; Oviposition behavior; Seasonal emergence; Xeris spectrum

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS CARRYING; INSECT-FUNGUS SYMBOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WOOD WASP;

AMYLOSTEREUM AREOLATUM; AMYLOSTEREUM CHAILLETII; HYMENOPTERA; SIREX NITOBEI; SIRICIDAE; UROCERUS JAPONICUS; XERIS SPECTRUM;

EID: 0031466609     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050344     Document Type: Article

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