Foraging in yellow dung flies: Testing for a small-male time budget advantage

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Viele, Stud N T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body size; Foraging behaviour; Mating behaviour; Predation; Scathophaga stercoraria

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; TIME ALLOCATION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUSCIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 0032957854     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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