The selective advantages of cannibalism in a Neotropical mosquito

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Church, Stuart C ^a   Sherratt, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Intraspecific predation; Larval foraging; Tree hole mosquitoes; Trichoprosopon

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TRICHOPROSOPON DIGITATUM;

EID: 0029659279     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050273     Document Type: Article

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