The behavioral ecology and evolution of kleptoparasitism in Australian gall thrips

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-164

  Crespi, Bernard ^a   Abbot, Patrick ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acacia; Cladistics; Gall thrips; Kleptoparasites; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GALL; KLEPTOPARASITISM; THRIPS;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; KLADOTHRIPS; KOPTOTHRIPS DYSKRITUS; KOPTOTHRIPS FLAVICORNIS; ONCOTHRIPS; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0032790643     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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