The behavioral significance of male body size in the tarantula hawk wasp Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 691-698

  Alcock, John ^a   Kemp, Darrell J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MATING BEHAVIOR; WASP;

HEMIPEPSIS USTULATA; HYMENOPTERA; POMPILIDAE; TARANTULA;

EID: 33745064854     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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