A minimalist approach to the effects of density-dependent competition on insect life-history traits

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-402

  Agnew, Philip ^a,b   Hide, Mallorie ^a   Sidobre, Christine ^a   Michalakis, Yannis ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Density; Life history traits; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION GROWTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036332060     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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