Measuring and reporting life-cycle duration in insects and arachnids

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-303

  Danks, H V ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Duration; Experimental design; Insects; Instar; Life cycles; Mites; Rearing; Stage; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 0033767112     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.046     Document Type: Article

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