Reproduction and survival in Melanoplus sanguinipes (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in response to resource availability and population density: The role of exploitative competition

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-426

  Branson, David H ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASSHOPPER; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

ACRIDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0037904824     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n02-061     Document Type: Article

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