Polyandry increases male offspring production in the quasi-gregarious egg parasitoid Anaphes nitens

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Santolamazza Carbone, S ^a   Pestana, M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán   (Spain)

Author keywords

fecundity; Hymenoptera; longevity; mating behaviour; sperm replenishment

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SPERM; WASP;

ANAPHES NITENS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 78650123948     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370903515984     Document Type: Article

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