Skewed sex ratios and multiple founding in galls of the oak apple gall wasp Biorhiza pallida

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-24

  Atkinson, Rachel J ^a   Brown, Gordon S ^b   Stone, Graham N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyclical parthenogenesis; Cynipid; Gall wasp; Inbreeding; Multilocular; Multiple founding; Oviposition; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GALL INSECT; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

BIORHIZA PALLIDA; CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; QUERCUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037324515     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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