Sex allocation and larval competition in a superparasitizing solitary egg parasitoid: Competing strategies for an optimal sex ratio

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-71

  Van Baaren, J ^a   Landry, B L ^b   Boivin, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b DNA LandMarks Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaphes; Male female competition; Mymaridae; Primary and tertiary sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

ANAPHES VICTUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033038475     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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