Photoperiod and temperature affect the life cycle of a subtropical cockroach, Opisoplatia orientalis: Seasonal pattern shaped by winter mortality

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Zhu, Dao Hong ^a,c   Tanaka, Seiji ^a,b  

^a Ind Administrative Institution   (Japan)

^b Ind Administrative Institution   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Cockroach; Life cycle; Opisoplatia orientalis; Photoperiodism; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HACHIJO ISLAND; HONSHU; IZU ISLANDS; JAPAN; SHIZUOKA;

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 1642292624     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.0354.x     Document Type: Article

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