Temperature dependence of provisioning behaviour and investment allocation in the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum F.

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-339

  Strohm, Erhard ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Investment ratio; Provisioning behaviour; Sphecidae

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE;

HYMENOPTERA; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM; SPHECIDAE;

EID: 0031816619     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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