Using age grading by wing injuries to estimate size-dependent adult survivorship in the field: A case study of the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 514-520

  Burkhard, Dieter U ^a   Ward, Paul I ^a   Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult viability selection; Age determination; Body size; Longevity; Scatophaga; Wing frays

Indexed keywords

AGE; FLY; INJURY; SURVIVAL; WING;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0036788089     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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