Maternal size and age affect offspring sex ratio in the solitary egg parasitoid Anaphes nitens

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-32

  Santolamazza Carbone, Serena ^a   Nieto, Montserrat Pestaña ^a   Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^b  

^a Centro de Investigacion e Informacion Ambiental Lourizan   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Clutch size; Eucalyptus; Fecundity; Gonipterus scutellatus; Hymenoptera; Mymaridae; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PARASITOID; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; SENESCENCE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT; STARVATION; WASP;

ANAPHES NITENS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 34548514841     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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