Observations on rearing damselflies under laboratory conditions

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Sánchez, Rosana ^b   Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damselflies; Experimental set up; Laboratory crosses; Rearing

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; LABORATORY METHOD; REARING;

ANIMALIA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 1342333699     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769682567     Document Type: Article

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