Reduced reproductive effort in male field crickets infested with parasitoid fly larvae

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 607-614

  Kolluru, Gita R ^a,b   Zuk, Marlene ^a   Chappell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crickets; Mating; Phonotactic parasitoids; Reproductive compensation; Reproductive effort; Teleogryllus

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FLY; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

DIPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; ORMIA OCHRACEA; ORTHOPTERA; TELEOGRYLLUS; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 0036748572     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.607     Document Type: Article

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