Influence of adult nutrition on the relationship between body size and reproductive parameters in a parasitoid wasp

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-580

  Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,b   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^b   Mills, Nick J ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg maturation; Egg production; Egg size; Reproductive strategies; Resource allocation; Size fitness relationship; Synovigeny

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; NUTRITION; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WASP;

MASTRUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 33645121756     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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