Maintenance of Diapause Variability in the Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae, in a Heterogeneous and Stochastic Environment

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Tsuda, Yoshio ^a   Takafuji, Akio ^b   Kuno, Eiji ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diapause; Environmental heterogeneity; Mathematical model; Phenotypic plasticity; Stochasticity; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE;

EID: 0031390803     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765252     Document Type: Article

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