An adaptive benefit of facultative coprophagy in the German cockroach Blattella germanica

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-162

  Kopanic Jr , Robert J ^a,b   Holbrook, Glenn L ^a,c   Sevala, Veeresh ^a,d   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S C Johnson & Son Inc   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Cockroach; Coprophagy; Nutrient flow; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COCKROACH; COPROPHAGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0035029662     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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