Virginity in haplodiploid populations: A comparison of estimation methods

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-210

  West, S A ^b   Compton, S G ^a   Vincent, S L ^a   Herre, E A ^a   Cook, J M ^a  

^a King's Buildings ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fig wasps; Parasitoid; Sex ratio; Sperm depletion; Virginity; Wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FIG WASP; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VIRGINITY;

AGAONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031832225     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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