Associations between male courtship and female polyandry in three species of wasp, Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-647

  Leonard, Jason E ^a   Boake, Christine R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

courtship; divergence; Nasonia spp.; parasitoid; polyandry; remating; wasp

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA LONGICORNIS; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 49149115626     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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