Fighting strategies in two species of fig wasp

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-322

  Moore, Jamie C ^a   Obbard, Darren J ^a   Reuter, Caroline ^b,c   West, Stuart A ^a   Cook, James M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ficus; fig wasp; fighting strategy; opponent assessment; Philotrypesis; Sycoscapter

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BODY SIZE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS RUBIGINOSA; PHILOTRYPESIS; SYCOSCAPTER;

EID: 46849105858     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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