Reproductive responses to photoperiod by a South Florida population of the grasshopper Romalea microptera (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 702-707

  Luker, Lindsay A ^a,b   Hatle, John D ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Oviposition; Photoperiod; Reproductive output; Season; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSHOPPER; LIFE HISTORY; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; ROMALEA; ROMALEA GUTTATA; ROMALEA MICROPTERA; ROMALEIDAE;

EID: 0036706361     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.4.702     Document Type: Article

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