Sex ratio alterations in terrestrial woodlice populations (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from agroecosystems subjected to different agricultural practices in italy

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-120

  Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a   Cantarino, Carlos Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological agriculture; Environmental contamination; Human disturbance; Isopoda; Sex ratio; Trachelipus rathkei

Indexed keywords

ISOPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ONISCIDEA; TRACHELIPUS RATHKEI;

EID: 0036160133     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(01)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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