Effects of temperature and season on egg size, hatchling size and adult size in Notiophilus biguttatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-40

  Ernsting, G ^a   Isaaks, J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

body size; Carabidae; egg size; oviposition rate; Temperature; total egg mass

Indexed keywords

NOTIOPHILUS BIGUTTATUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

ADULT SIZE; EGG SIZE; HATCHLING SIZE; OVIPOSITION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030618423     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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