Plasticity of insect reproduction: Testing models of flexible and fixed development in response to different growth rates

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 492-500

  Moehrlin, Gregory S ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development rate; Egg production; Growth rate; Reproductive tactics; Romalea guttata

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INSECT; MODELING; REPRODUCTION;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTRA; ROMALEA GUTTATA;

EID: 0031824827     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050546     Document Type: Article

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