Sex-dependent effects of sibling cannibalism on life history traits of the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-360

  Osawa, Naoya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Body weight; Development rate; Fitness; Instar interval; Sex

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; FITNESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 0036657010     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.d01-5.x     Document Type: Article

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