Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behavior in parasitoid wasps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-193

  Pexton, John J ^a   Rankin, Daniel J ^a   Dytham, Calvin ^a   Mayhew, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Hymenoptera; Larval behavior; Parent offspring conflict; Population genetic models

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLUTCH SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LARVA; MOBILITY; SIBLICIDE;

HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037355129     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.182     Document Type: Article

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