Effects of body size and plant structure on the movement ability of a predaceous stinkbug, Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Yang, L H ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Foraging; Movement; Ontogeny; Plant structure

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

ANIMALIA; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS; SOLIDAGO; VERTEBRATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033784921     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008895     Document Type: Article

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