Effects of growth rates on development to metamorphosis in the lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-169

  Flanagin, Virginia L ^a,b   Haase, Steven P ^a,c   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex life cycles; Development rate; Feeding efficiency; Growth rate; Metamorphosis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH RATE; METAMORPHOSIS;

ORTHOPTERA; ROMALEA MICROPTERA;

EID: 0033744087     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000441     Document Type: Article

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