Male influence on sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 829-835

  Shuker, D M ^a   Sykes, E M ^a   Browning, L E ^a   Beukeboom, L W ^b   West, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraints; Hymenoptera; Local mate competition; Sex ratio; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

PARASITOID; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 33645078898     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0129-1     Document Type: Article

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