The cost of a bodyguard

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 843-846

  Maure, Fanny ^a,b   Brodeur, Jacques ^b   Ponlet, Nicolas ^a   Doyon, Josée ^b   Firlej, Annabelle ^b   Elguero, Éric ^a   Thomas, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bodyguard manipulation; Host parasitoid interactions; Manipulative costs; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF; WASP;

EID: 80052524922     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0415     Document Type: Article

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