Why are so few parasitoid wasp species pro-ovigenic?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 993-1002

  Ellers, J ^a   Jervis, M A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Egg size; Habitat stochasticity; Life history strategy; Ovigeny index; Resource allocation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

VESPIDAE;

EID: 8744317082     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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