A simple graphical technique for displaying individual fertility data and cohort survival: Case study of 1000 mediterranean fruit fly females

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Carey, J R ^a,b   Liedo, P ^c   Muller H G ^a   Wang, J L ^a   Vaupel, J W ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Cost of reproduction; Insect reproduction; Medfly; Reproductive heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGE-SPECIFIC REPRODUCTION; FERTILITY; GRAPHICAL TECHNIQUE; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY;

EID: 0031825069     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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