Longevity costs of same-sex interactions: First evidence from a parasitic wasp

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Gennari, Gabriele ^a   Francini, Alessandra ^b   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Courtship cost; Male male approaches; Mating; Opiinae; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; OPIINAE; OPIUS CONCOLOR; TEPHRITIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84878805434     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12017     Document Type: Article

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