Male morphological variation and the determinants of body size in two Otiteselline fig wasps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 735-741

  Moore, J C ^a,b   Pienaar, J ^a   Greeff, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behaviors; Body size dependent fitness effects; Fig wasps; Offspring allocation strategies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HYMENOPTERA; MORACEAE; OTITESELLA; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 4344592352     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh069     Document Type: Article

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