Vive la variance: A functional oviposition theory for insect herbivores

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Robertson, Ian C ^a   Tyerman, Jabus G A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Catastrophe; Clutch; Dynam ic; Lepidoptera; Optimization; Oviposition; Strategy; Theory

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; OVIPOSITION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032858761     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00483.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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