Presence of single-sex broods under local mate competition in Trypoxylon malaisei (hymenoptera: sphecidae): Adaptation or maladaptation?

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 550-554

  Oku, Shintarou ^a   Nishida, Takayoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Local mate competition; Sex ratio; Single sex brood; Trypoxylon malaisei

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542281234     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0550:POSSBU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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