Evidence for adaptive self-superparasitism in the dryinid parasitoid Haplogonatopus atratus when conspecifics are present

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Yamada, Yoshihiro Y ^a   Sugaura, Kazuma ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SUPERPARASITISM;

DRYINIDAE; HAPLOGONATOPUS; HAPLOGONATOPUS ATRATUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0141950119     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12542.x     Document Type: Article

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