Life cycle, survival rates and longevity of an alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) determined using mark-recapture analysis

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-200

  Leisnham, Paul T ^a   Cameron, Claire ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Insect life histories; Mark recapture; New Zealand; Stenopelmatidae; Survival; Tree weta

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA MAORI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; STENOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 1142281711     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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