Agonistic interactions and their implications for parasitoid species coexistence

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1114-1122

  Mohamad, Rihab ^a   Monge, Jean Paul ^a   Goubault, Marlne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

female egg load; female size; interspecific competition; ownership status; previous habitat quality; sympatry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; ENCOUNTER RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RESOURCE USE; SYMPATRY; WASP;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; DINARMUS BASALIS; EUPELMUS VUILLETI;

EID: 80052245388     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr098     Document Type: Article

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