Seasonal changes in female size and its relation to reproduction in the prasitoid Asobara tabida

Oikos

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-314

  Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Bax, Minka ^b   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASOBARA TABIDA; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035103736     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920213.x     Document Type: Article

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