The effect of the timing of post-diapause egg development on survival, growth, and body size in Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-470

  Carrière, Yves ^a   Simons, Andrew M ^b   Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; GRYLLIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EGG DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030303773     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545887     Document Type: Article

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