Sex ratios in field populations of two parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Coccus hesperidum L. (Homoptera: Coccidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-518

  Bernal, Julio S ^a,b   Luck, Robert F ^a   Morse, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoparasitoid; Coccophagus semicircularis; Host quality; Metaphycus stanleyi; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHALCIDOIDEA; COCCIDAE; COCCOPHAGUS SEMICIRCULARIS; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; METAPHYCUS STANLEYI;

EID: 0031724337     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050616     Document Type: Article

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