Parasitoid infection and sexual selection in the beetle Timarcha maritima Perris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Thomas, Frederic ^a   Gente, Pascal ^a   Oget, Eric ^a   Desmots, Didier ^a   Renaud, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITOID; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PERILITUS SICHELI; TIMARCHA MARITIMA;

EID: 0033403990     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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