Partial local mate competition and the sex ratio: A study on non-pollinating fig wasps

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 531-548

  West, S A ^a,b   Herre, E A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Fig wasps; Local Mate Competition; Parasitoid; Sex ratio; Wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031713202     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050104     Document Type: Article

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