Asymmetric larval competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis: A role in sex allocation? (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2007) 61 (1751-1758) DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0407-1);Asymmetric larval competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis: A role in sex allocation?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1751-1758

  Sykes, Edward M ^a   Innocent, Tabitha M ^a   Pen, Ido ^b   Shuker, David M ^a   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Hymenoptera; Local resource competition; Optimality

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; MAMMALIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 34547684116     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0525-9     Document Type: Erratum

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