What fig wasp sex ratios may or may not tell us about sex allocation strategies

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 520-530

  Kathuria, Prarthana ^a   Greeff, Jaco M ^b   Compton, Steve G ^c   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; EUPRISTINA; EUPRISTINA BELAGAUMENSIS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS DRUPACEA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033383941     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546816     Document Type: Article

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