Regular distribution of larvae and resource monopolization in the seed beetle Bruchidius dorsalis infesting seeds of the Japanese honey locust Gleditsia japonica

Population Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-252

  Shimada, M ^a   Kurota, H ^a   Toquenaga, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Contest type competition; Larval crawling; Larval seed boring behavior; Seed predator

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BORING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; BRUCHIDIUS; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; GLEDITSIA; GLEDITSIA JAPONICA; GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS; HEXAPODA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0035714490     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-001-8188-2     Document Type: Article

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