Lethal combat and sex ratio evolution in a parasitoid wasp

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-715

  Innocent, Tabitha M ^a   Savage, Joanna ^a   West, Stuart A ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Competition; Contests; Local mate competition; Melittobia acasta

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONTEST COMPETITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITOID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALIA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA ACASTA;

EID: 34547679858     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm034     Document Type: Article

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