Larval population density affects female weight and fecundity in the dung beetle Aphodius ater

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Hirschberger, Petra ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Fitness; Lifetime fecundity; Oviposition; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

APHODIUS ATER; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032864140     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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