Dispersal and fighting in male pollinating fig wasps;Combats et dispersion chez les mâles de pollinisateurs de Ficus

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a   van Noort, Simon ^b   Rasplus, Jean Yves ^c   Kjellberg, Finn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Dispersal; Ficus; Kin selection; Local mate competition; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; FIGHTING; KIN SELECTION; SIBLING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIG; FIGHTING; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037739845     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(03)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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