Effects of size and flight performance on intermale mate competition in the cicada killer, Sphecius speciosus Drury (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-351

  Coelho, Joseph R ^a   Holliday, Charles W ^b  

^a Culver Stockton College   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Flight muscle; Mating; Size; Sphecius; Wasp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034966831     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011119312500     Document Type: Article

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