Clutch size manipulations in two seed beetles: Consequences for progeny fitness

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-94

  Fox, Chales W ^a,b   Martin, John D ^a   Thakar, Monica S ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Clutch size; Larval development; Larval survival; Resource patches

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; STATOR BEALI; STATOR LIMBATUS; BRUCHIDAE;

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; SEED BEETLE;

EID: 0029663759     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333219     Document Type: Article

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