| kin-biased dispersal behaviour in the mango shield scale, milviscutulus mangiferae. | when fitness decreases with increasing density in a habitat, dispersal behaviour is expected to evolve. to avoid competition between kin, dispersal behaviour based on kin recognition should be more likely to occur when the individuals in a habitat are closely related. i tested this prediction with first-instar larvae (crawlers) of the mango shield scale, milviscutulus mangiferae. the body size of adult females, a measure of fecundity, was larger when only one female was present on a leaf than wh ... | 2000 | 10715186 |