Developmental stability and predation success in an insect predator-prey system

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Swaddle, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Dungfly; Fluctuating asymmetry; Housefly; Musca; Predation; Scatophaga

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; LOCOMOTORY PERFORMANCE; PREDATION SUCESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

DIPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 0030857570     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.4.433     Document Type: Article

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