Kin recognition by the predatory mite Iphiseius degenerans: Discrimination among own, conspecific, and heterospecific eggs

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-155

  Faraji, Farid ^b   Janssen, Arne ^a   Van Rijn, Paul C J ^b   Sabelis, Maurice W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Clutch size; Discrimination; Kin recognition; Oviposition decisions; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; KIN RECOGNITION; MITE; OVIPOSITION;

ACARI; IPHISEIUS DEGENERANS;

EID: 0034024490     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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