Parasitoid size as a function of host sex: Potential for different sex allocation strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-294

  Kraaijeveld, Alex R ^a,b   Adriaanse, Irma C T ^a,b   Van Den Bergh, Bert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asobara; Drosophila melanogaster; Host sex; Parasitic castration; Parasitoid size; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ASOBARA; ASOBARA CITRI; ASOBARA TABIDA; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032693241     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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