Age-dependent clutch size in a koinobiont parasitoid

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-27

  Elzinga, Jelmer A ^a   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Biere, Arjen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Clutch size adjustment; Egg limitation; Hadena bicruris; Host deprivation; Time limitation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LIMITING FACTOR;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROPLITIS;

EID: 13544271867     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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