Spatial and temporal complexities of reproductive behavior and sex ratios: A case from parasitic insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dittmar, Katharina ^a   Morse, Solon ^a   Gruwell, Matthew ^a,b   Mayberry, Jason ^a   DiBlasi, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPARASITE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORAGING; GROOMING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOBIUS FREQUENS; ANIMAL; FLY; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY;

STREBLIDAE; STREPSIPTERA; TRICHOBIUS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITES; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79955895609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019438     Document Type: Article

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