Does synovigeny confer reproductive plasticity upon a parasitoid wasp that is faced with variability in habitat richness?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-632

  Pelosse, Perrine ^a,b,c,d   Jervis, Mark A ^e   Bernstein, Carlos ^a,b,c   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Egg and time limitation; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Lipids; Nutrient dynamics; Proteins; Resource allocation; Trade off; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 80054690749     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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