Effects of time-dependent competition for oviposition sites on clutch sizes and offspring sex ratios in a fig wasp

Oikos

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-35

  Kinoshita, Motoaki ^a   Kasuya, Eiiti ^a   Yahara, Tetsukazu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION; SEX RATIO; SITE SELECTION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

AGAONIDAE; BLASTOPHAGA; BLASTOPHAGA NIPPONICA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036112244     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960103.x     Document Type: Article

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