Realized fecundity in Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Relation to body size and consequences to population dynamics

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-416

  Tammaru, Toomas ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

AUTUMNAL MOTH; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030303305     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545931     Document Type: Article

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