Local mate competition in the solitary parasitoid wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1071-1077

  Somjee, Ummat ^a   Ablard, Kelly ^a   Crespi, Bernard ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Local mate competition; Local resource competition; Ooencyrtus kuvanae; Sex ratio; Solitary egg parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; LARVA; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; WASP;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; OOENCYRTUS KUWANAI;

EID: 79954988942     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1114-x     Document Type: Article

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