Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1588-1593

  Smith, Rosemary J ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY;

BODY SIZE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; EMERGENCE; LARVA; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS INVESTIGATOR; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0036922188     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-151     Document Type: Article

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