Information use in space and time: sex allocation behaviour in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 971-977

  Shuker, David M ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^a   Lee, Alison ^a   Graham, Aleta ^a   Duncan, Alison B ^a   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; constraints; local mate competition; Nasonia vitripennis; optimal sex ratio; parasitoid wasp; sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PATCH SIZE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 34250003735     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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