Strategic ejaculation in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma turkestanica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Martel, Véronique ^a,b   Damiens, David ^c   Boivin, Guy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ejaculate size; Hymenoptera; Rivals; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition intensity

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA TURKESTANICA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 43049119632     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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