Larval host plant affects fitness consequences of egg size variation in the seed beetle Stator limbatus

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-548

  Fox, Charles W ^a,b   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia greggii; Cercidium floridum; Egg size; Stator limbatus; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ACACIA GREGGII; BRUCHINAE; CERCIDIUM; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PARKINSONIA FLORIDA; STATOR LIMBATUS;

EID: 0029838957     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333946     Document Type: Article

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