A comparative study of sex ratio and clutch size in gregarious ichneumonoid wasps

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-288

  Smart, Christina B ^a   Mayhew, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bethylidae; Braconidae; Ichneumonidae; Local mate competition; Mating structure; Sex ratio theory

Indexed keywords

BETHYLIDAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ICHNEUMONOIDEA;

EID: 67349091735     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9172-x     Document Type: Article

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