Fitness consequences of hibernal diapause in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1458-1462

  Bradshaw, W E ^a   Armbruster, P A ^a   Holzapfel, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapause; Fitness consequences; Life history in a seasonal environment; Overwintering; Phenology; Photoperiodism and seasonal development; Pitcher plant mosquito; Seasonality; Stress tolerance; Trade offs, life history; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMIA; WYEOMIA SMITHII; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 0031854407     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176758     Document Type: Article

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