Testing predictions of small brood models using parasitoid wasps

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-794

  Guinnee, Meghan A ^a,h   Bernal, Julio S ^b   Bezemer, T Martijn ^c   Fidgen, Jeffery G ^d   Hardy, Ian C W ^e   Mayhew, Peter J ^f   Mills, Nicholas J ^g   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Buffalo Museum of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood size; Litter size; Parasitoid wasps; Resource allocation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644449249     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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