Effects of age and repeated mating on male sperm supply and paternity in a parasitoid wasp

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Bressac, Christophe ^a   Thi Khanh, Hong Do ^a   Chevrier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anisopteromalus calandrae; Hymenoptera; Male reproduction; Multiple mating; Offspring paternity; Pteromalidae; Sperm competition; Sperm raffle

Indexed keywords

AGE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ANISOPTEROMALUS CALANDRAE; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 58149335069     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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