Sex allocation and the evolutionary transition between solitary and gregarious parasitoid development

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 757-761

  Ode, Paul J ^a,b   Rosenheim, Jay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Gregarious species; Parasitic Hymenoptera; Siblicide; Sibling rivalry; Solitary species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031763459     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286206     Document Type: Note

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