Larval density and developmental instability in the acoustically orienting parasitoid Homotrixa alleni

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-132

  Hunt, John ^a   Allen, Geoff R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Larval density; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144247994     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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