Antipredator defense as a limited resource: Unequal predation risk in broods of an insect with maternal care

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-133

  Cocroft, Reginald B ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental care; Predation; Pseudopolybia compressa; Sibling rivalry; Umbonia crassicornis.

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; MATERNAL CARE; PREDATION RISK;

INSECTA; PSEUDOPOLYBIA; PSEUDOPOLYBIA COMPRESSA; UMBONIA CRASSICORNIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036169749     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.1.125     Document Type: Article

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