Offspring allocation in externally ovipositing fig wasps with varying clutch size and sex ratio

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 500-505

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Fig wasps; Fighting; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FIG WASP; OVIPOSITION; SEX RATIO;

AGAONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031475074     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.500     Document Type: Article

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