The importance of offspring value: maternal defence in parasitoid contests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-446

  Goubault, Marlène ^a   Scott, Daniel ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goniozus nephantidis; maternal investment; offspring age brood stage; pairwise contest; parasitoid wasp; parental care

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MORTALITY RISK; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; WASP;

AVES; GONIOZUS NEPHANTIDIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548627745     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.029     Document Type: Article

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