Reproductive and population biology of Porcellio scaber (isopoda, oniscidea) in Benghazi, Libya

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 399-412

  Nair, Achuthan G ^a  

^a Environ Resources Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007596299     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Al-Dabbagh, K.Y. and Block, W. 1981. Population ecology of a terrestrial isopod in two breckland grassheaths. J. Anim. Ecol. 50: 61-77.
2. AlJetlawi, A.A. and Nair, G.A. 1994. Breeding and population biology of Armadillo offlcinalis (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Benghazi, Libya. J. Arid Environ. 27: 241-255.
3. Dangerfield, J.M. and Telford, S.R. 1990. Breeding phenology, variation in reproductive effort and offspring size in a tropical population of the woodlouse Porcellionides pruinosus. Oecologia 82: 251-258.
4. Frankel, B., Sutton, S.L., and Fussey, G.D. 1981. The sex-ratio of Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt (Crustacea: Oniscoidea). J. Nat. Hist. 15: 301-307.
5. Geiser, S.W. 1934. Further observations on the sex-ratios of terrestrial isopods. Field Lab. 3: 7-10.
6. Hassall, M. and Dangerfield, J.M. 1990. Density-dependent processes in the population dynamics of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Oniscidea). J. Anim. Ecol. 59: 941-958.
7. Hatchett, S.P. 1947. Biology of the isopoda of Michigan. Ecol. Monogr. 17: 47-79.
8. Heeley, W. 1941. Observations on the life histories of some terrestrial isopods, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 3: 79-149.
9. Hornung, E. 1984. Characteristics of the population of an isopod species (Trachelipus nodulosus C.L. Koch) at a sandy soil grassland. Acta Biol. (Szeged) 30: 153-158.
10. Hornung, E. 1989. Population dynamics and spatial distribution of Trachelipus nodulosus (C.L. Koch, 1838) (Crustacea: Isopoda) in a sandy grassland. Monit. Zool. Ital. Monogr. 4: 399-409.
11. Hornung, E. and Warburg, M.R. 1993. Breeding patterns in the oniscid isopod Porcellio ficulneus Verh., at high temperature and under different photophases. Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 23(2-3): 151-158.
12. Kheirallah, A.M. 1979. The population dynamics of Periscyphis granai (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in the western highlands of Saudi Arabia. J. Arid Environ. 2: 329-337.
13. Ma, H.H.T., Lam, P.K.S., and Dudgeon, D. 1991. Inter- and intraspecific variation in the life histories of three sympatric isopods in a Hong Kong forest. J. Zool. 224: 677-687.
14. McQueen, D.J. and Steel, C.G.H. 1980. The role of photoperiod and temperature in the initiation of reproduction in the terrestrial isopod Oniscus asellus Linnaeus. Can. J. Zool. 58: 235-240.
15. Mocquard, J.P., Juchault, P., and Souty-Grosset, C. 1989. The role of environmental factors (temperature and photoperiod) in the reproduction of the terrestrial isopod Annadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804). Monit. Zool. Ital. Monogr. 4: 455-475.
16. Nair, G.A. 1978. Sex ratio of the soil isopod Porcellio laevis (Latreille) in Delhi region. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 87B: 151-155.
17. Nair G.A. 1984. Breeding and population biology of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio laevis (Latreille) in the Delhi region. In: Sutton, S.L. and Holdich, D.M., eds. The biology of terrestrial isopods. Symp. Zool. Soc. London 53: 314-335.
18. Paris, O.H. and Pitelka, F.A. 1962. Population characteristics of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare in California grassland. Ecology 43: 229-248.
19. Philipson, J. 1983. Life-cycle, numbers, biomass and respiratory metabolism of Trichoniscus pusillus (Crustacea: Isopoda) in a beech woodland Wytham Woods, Oxford. Oecologia 57: 339-343.
20. Shachak, M. and Yair, A. 1984. Population dynamics and role of Hemilepistus reaumuri (Audouin & Savigny) in a desert ecosystem. In: Sutton, S.L., and Holdich, D.M., eds. The biology of terrestrial isopods. Symp. Zool. Soc. London 53: 285-312.
21. Shereef, G.M. 1970. Biological observations on the woodlice in Egypt. Rev. Ecol. Biol. Sol 7: 367-379.
22. Snider, R. and Shaddy, J.H. 1980. The ecology of Trachelipus rathkei (Isopoda). Pedobiologia 20: 394-410.
23. Sorensen, E.M.B. and Burkett, R.D. 1977. A population study of the Armadillidium vulgare in northwestern Texas. Southwest. Nat. 22: 375-387.
24. Sunderland, K.D., Hassall, M., and Sutton, S.L. 1976. The population dynamise of Philoscia muscorum (Crustacea: Oniscoidea) in a dune grassland ecosystem. J. Anim. Ecol. 45: 485-506.
25. Sutton, S.L. 1968. The population dynamics of Trichoniscus pusillus and Phyloscia muscorum (Crustaces: Oniscoidea) in a limestone grassland. J. Anim. Ecol. 37: 425-444.
26. Tomescu, N., Accola, S., and Bereiu, C. 1992. Reproduction of terrestrial isopods of Cheile Turzii Natural Reservation (Romania). Stud. Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Biologia, 37: 39-45.
27. Verhoeff, K.W. 1919. Über die Larven, das Marsupium und die Bruten der Oniscoidea (27 Isopoden - Aufsatz). Arch, Naturkunde 12: 1-54.
28. Warburg, M.R. 1991. Reproduction patterns in oniscid isopods. In: The biology of terrestrial isopods. Juchault, P. and Mocquard, J.P., eds. Proc. 3rd Int. Symp., Poitiers, France, Poitiers University Press, pp. 131-137.
29. Warburg, M.R. and Cohen, N. 1992. Population dynamics, growth and longevity of Armadillo officinalis (Isopoda: Oniscidea) inhabiting the Mediterranean region of northern Israel. Pedobiologia 36: 262-273.
30. Warburg, M.R., Linsenmair, K.E., and Berkovitz, K. 1984. The effect of climate on the distribution and abundance of isopods. In: Sutton, S.L. and Holdich, D.M., eds. The biology of terrestrial isopods. Symp. Zool. Soc. London 53: 339-367.
31. Wieser, W. 1963. Die Bedeutung der Tageslang für das Einsetzen der Fortpflanzungsperiode bei Porcellio scaber Latr. (Isopoda). Z. Naturforsch. 18: 1090-1092.
32. Williams, T., and Franks, N.R. 1988. Population size and growth rate, sex-ratio and behaviour in the ant isopod Platyarhtrus hoffmanseggi. J. Zool. 215: 703-717.
33. Willows, R.I. 1987. Population dynamics and life-history of contrasting populations of Ligia oceanica (Crustacea: Oniscidea) in the rocky supralittoral. J. Anim. Ecol. 56: 315-330.