Multiple reproductive strategies in a tropical hover wasp

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-199

  Fanelli, D ^a   Boomsma, J J ^b   Turillazzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life history; Microsatellites; Reproductive skew; Social behaviour; Stenogastrine wasp

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WASP;

ANIMALIA; PARISCHNOGASTER MELLYI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 20444393489     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0908-8     Document Type: Article

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