Adaptive self superparasitism in a solitary parasitoid wasp: The influence of clutch size on offspring size

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-343

  Mackauer, M ^a   Chau, A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Fitness; Monoctonus paulensis; Multiple egg clutch; Teratocytes

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; PARASITOID; WASP;

EID: 0034928122     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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