Does constrained oviposition influence offspring sex ratio in the solitary parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Metzger, Marie ^a   Bernstein, Carlos ^a   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Conspecifics; Constrained females; Parasitoid; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO; WASP;

VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 40349092918     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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