Sex ratio and brood size in a monophagous outcrossing gall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 745-759

  Miller III, Donald G ^a,b,c   Avilés, Leticia ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood size; Gall aphid; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Tamalia coweni

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041992604     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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