Effects of mate availability on female longevity, fecundity and egg development of Homichloda barkeri (Jacoby) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-332

  Nahrung, Helen ^a,b,c   Merritt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c CRC for Sustainable Prod Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HOMICHLODA BARKERI;

EID: 0033500948     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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