Costs of reproduction and geographic variation in the reproductive tactics of the mosquito Aeries triseriatus

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Frankino, W Anthony ^a,b   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history evolution; Manipulation of reproductive investment; Mortality rate; Predation; Treehole mosquito

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AEDES TRISERIATUS; AERIES TRISERIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS;

EID: 0032843398     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050833     Document Type: Article

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