Mate choice in the predaceous mite Phytoseiulus persimilis: Evidence of self-referent phenotype matching?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Enigl, Monika ^a,b   Schausberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acari; Female choice; Inbreeding; Kin recognition; Male competition; Phytoseiidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; KIN RECOGNITION; MATE CHOICE; MITE;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS;

EID: 3543134880     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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