Sex allocation decision under superparasitism by the parasitoid wasp Eupelmus vuilleti

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-191

  Darrouzet, Eric ^a   Boivin, Guy ^b   Chevrier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eupelmidae; Host discrimination; Hymenoptera; Reproductive strategies; Self and conspecific superparasitism

Indexed keywords

EUPELMIDAE; EUPELMUS VUILLETI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 42449157530     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9118-3     Document Type: Article

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