Changes in male perseverance in courtship and female readiness to mate in a strain of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis over a period of 20+ years

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-137

  Van Den Assem, J ^a   Jachmann, F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Courtship; Laboratory culture; Melittobia; Nasonia

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELITTOBIA; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033371355     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854299X00092     Document Type: Article

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