Benefit asymmetry in aggregations of a desert beetle: The costs of being small

Zoology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 7-14

  Rasa, O Anne E ^a   Schonfeld C ^a   Langhoff, P ^a   Engels, S ^a   Zielinski, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Fat metabolism; Food competition; Reproductive success; Water loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034355278     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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