A network of sex and competition: The promiscuous mating system of an invasive weevil

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-97

  Inghilesi, Alberto Francesco ^a   Mazza, Giuseppe ^a,b   Cervo, Rita ^a   Cini, Alessandro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale 'Bosco Fontana' di Verona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien pest; Mating system; Pest management; Reproductive skew; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 84921880068     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.1.85     Document Type: Article

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