Duration of paternal care in pine engraver beetles: Why do larger males care less?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Robertson, Ian C ^a,b   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ips pini; Marginal value theorem; Mate desertion; Parental care; Scolytidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE;

COLEOPTERA; IPS PINI; SCOLYTIDAE;

EID: 0031669108     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050505     Document Type: Article

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