Meek mothers with powerful daughters: effects of novel host environments and small trait differences on parasitoid competition
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G. Hamerlinck ([email protected]) and A. A. Forbes, Dept of Biology, 430 Biology Building, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. – N. P. Lemoine, Dept of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA, and: Dept of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA. – G. R. Hood, Dept of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 46556, USA. – K. C. Abbott, Dept of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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