Adaptiveness of sex ratio control by the pupal parasitoid Itoplectis naranyae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in response to host size

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-654

  Ueno, Takatoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fitness; Host size model; Mating success; Parasitoid; Sex allocation; Small male advantage

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; SEX RATIO;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ITOPLECTIS NARANYAE;

EID: 0031857728     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006577314205     Document Type: Article

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