Body size of spruce-galling adelgids is positively related to realized fecundity in nature

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-479

  Sopow, S L ^a   Quiring, D T ^b  

^a Fac of Forest and Environ Mgmt   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body size; Galling adelgid; Lifetime fecundity; Pineus pinifoliae; Pineus similis; Realized fecundity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031763695     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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