Does reproductive investment change with age in tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae)?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 866-870

  Langley, P A ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal resource transfer; Offspring size; Reproductive strategy; Viviparous insects

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032465798     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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