Competition, territoriality and maternal defense in a gall-forming aphid

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-170

  Inbar, Moshe ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Competition; Galls; Maternal care; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; APHID; GALL; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; TERRITORIALITY;

FORDA RICCOBONII; FORDINAE; HOMOPTERA; SMYNTHURODES BETAE;

EID: 0031739671     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522864     Document Type: Article

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