No evidence for kin discrimination in cannibalistic tree-hole mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Sherratt, Thomas N ^a   Ruff, Sarah E ^a   Church, Stuart C ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Kin selection; Toxorhynchites; Tree hole mosquito; Trichoprosopon

Indexed keywords

TOXORHYNCHITES MOCTEZUMA; TRICHOPROSOPON DIGITATUM;

EID: 0032979508     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020985316409     Document Type: Article

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