Opportunistic predation and offspring sex ratios of cicada-killer wasps (Sphecius speciosus Drury)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 539-547

  Grant, Peter R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisher's Equal Investment; Nest provisioning; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism; Wasp offspring

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

CICADA; CICADIDAE; SPHECIUS SPECIOSUS;

EID: 33748593421     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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