Age pyramid of a local population and viability fitness of phenotypical fractions in carabus auronitens (coleoptera, carabidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-340

  Baumgartner, Robert ^a   Bechtel, Antje ^a   Van Den Boom, Andrea ^a   Hockmann, Peter ^a   Horstmann, Britta ^a   Kliewe, Volker ^a   Landwehr, Michael ^a   Weber, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity level; Body size; Capture recapture data; Individual seasonality; Phenotypical plasticity; Phenotypical selection; Weight development

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HATCHING TIME; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITY;

GERMANY, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS AURONITENS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0031403489     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356220     Document Type: Article

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