Life table of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-183

  Gabre, Refaat M ^a   Adham, Fatma K ^a   Chi, Hsin ^b,c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius); Life table; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FLY; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; DIPTERA; FANNIA SCALARIS; MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 20444371925     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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