Male mating behavior and female-biased sex ratio of the Japanese gall-forming thrips Ponticulothrips diospyrosi (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Tsuchida, Koji ^a   Ohguchi, Setsu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Local mate competition; Mating behavior; Pnticulothrips diosyrosi; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; PONTICULOTHRIPS; PONTICULOTHRIPS DIOSPYROSI; THYSANOPTERA;

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOUR; SEX RATIO; THRIP;

EID: 0031861108     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.1.27     Document Type: Article

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