Patch defence in the parasitoid wasp Trissolcus basalis (Insecta: Scelionidae): The time structure of pairwise contests, and the 'waiting game'

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 821-840

  Field, Scott A ^a   Calbert, Greg ^b   Keller, Michael A ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; PARENTAL CARE; TERRITORIALITY;

HYMENOPTERA; SCELIONIDAE; TRISSOLCUS BASALIS;

EID: 0031751971     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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