Phenotypic plasticity and fitness in egg parasitoids

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-463

  Boivin, Guy ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Longevity; Phenotype; Proxy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958496235     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000400001     Document Type: Article

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