Few, small, and male: Multiple effects of reduced nest space on the offspring of the solitary wasp, Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) posticus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-60

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Boesi, Roberto ^a   Borsato, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biased sex ratio; Body size; Eumeninae; Nest size; Trap nesting

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NEST STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX ALLOCATION; WASP;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUODYNERUS POSTICUS; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEST SPACE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WASPS;

EUMENINAE; EUODYNERUS; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 79151480947     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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