Sexual size dimorphism in the ontogeny of the solitary predatory wasp Symmorphus allobrogus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 57-64

  Budriene, Anna ^a   Budrys, Eduardas ^a,b   Nevronyte, Žaneta ^a  

^a Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Body size; Growth rate; Larval development; Sexual dimorphism; Solitary wasp

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WASP;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMMORPHUS ALLOBROGUS; WASP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84876695608     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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