Body size, sexual receptivity and larval cannibalism in relation to protandry among Toxorhynchites mosquitoes

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 309-316

  Lounibos, L P ^a   Escher, R L ^a   Duzak, D ^a   Martin, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXORHYNCHITES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TOXORHYNCHITES AMBOINENSIS; TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS;

BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; MOSQUITO; PROTANDRY; SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY; TREEHOLE;

EID: 0030302013     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546070     Document Type: Article

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