A field study of size-fitness relationships in the parasitoid Asobara tabida

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-324

  Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a   Sevenster, Jan G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Egg load; Fat reserves; Female fitness; Time limitation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG LOAD; FITNESS; PARASITOID;

ASOBARA TABIDA; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031958352     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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