Comparison of life-history traits of the two male morphs of the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-121

  Radwan, Jacek ^a   Bogacz, Iwona ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acari; Alternative mating tactics; Fitness; Life history; Male polymorphism; Pleiotropy; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITES; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ANIMALIA; HETEROMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOGLYPHUS; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI;

EID: 0033935959     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006492903270     Document Type: Article

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