Male mating history: Effects on female sexual responsiveness and reproductive success in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-615

  King, B H ^a   Fischer, C R ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male mating history; Mating system; Parasitoid wasp; Receptivity; Sex ratio; Virgin

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PARASITOID; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; SPALANGIA ENDIUS;

EID: 77950524025     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0878-3     Document Type: Article

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