Brood size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp is affected by relatedness among competing larvae

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-767

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Harari, Ally R ^a,b   Bouskila, Amos ^a   Keasar, Tamar ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brood size; Copidosoma koehleri; Polyembryony; Relatedness; Soldier caste

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BROOD SIZE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; PARASITOID; RELATEDNESS; SOLDIER CASTE; WASP;

COPIDOSOMA KOEHLERI;

EID: 67651100712     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp057     Document Type: Article

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