Testing hypotheses on egg number and size in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-256

  Malmqvist, Björn ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b   Strasevicius, Darius ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Simuliidae; Stream insects; Sweden; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 14744292165     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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