Larval predation on different instars in blowfly populations

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-894

  Faria, Lucas Del Bianco ^a   Conde Godoy, Wesley Augusto ^a   Dos Reis, Sérgio Furtado ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blowflies; Chrysomya albiceps; Larval predation; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944412763     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132004000600008     Document Type: Article

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