Reproductive biology of viviparous and oviparous species of the leaf beetle genus Oreina

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-388

  Dobler, S ^a,b   Rowell Rahier, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; fecundity; maternal investment; offspring size; Oreina; viviparity

Indexed keywords

OREINA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OREINA CACALIAE; OREINA ELONGATA; OREINA GLORIOSA; OREINA LUCTUOSA; OREINA VARIABILIS;

LEAF BEETLE; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; VIVIPARITY;

EID: 0029659485     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00950.x     Document Type: Article

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