Larval competition in weevils Revena rubiginosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) preying on seeds of the palm Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 265-268

  Alves Costa, Cecília P ^a   Knogge, Christoph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; GENETIC SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGNIFICATION; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; PREY; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; REVENA RUBIGINOSA; SYAGRUS ROMANZOFFIANA;

EID: 21244472684     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0620-6     Document Type: Article

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