Unequal distribution of local mating opportunities in an egg parasitoid

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-398

  Martel, Véronique ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Off patch mating; Reproductive strategies; Sperm; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG PARASITOID; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA TURKESTANICA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 34447618567     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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