Non-pollinating wasps distort the sex ratio of pollinating fig wasps

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 613-619

  Santinelo Pereira, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Do Prado, Angelo Pires ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX RATIO; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS CITRIFOLIA; PEGOSCAPUS;

EID: 24744447423     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13234.x     Document Type: Article

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