Quantifying the costs and benefits of parental care in female treehoppers

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 687-693

  Zink, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood desertion; Egg guarding; Membracidae; Parental care; Treehopper

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA; PUBLILIA CONCAVA;

EID: 0142126699     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg044     Document Type: Article

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