Effect of environmental temperature on development, fecundity, survival and predation of the snail-predator Sarcophaga misera (Dipt., Sarcophagidae)

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-347

  Parashar, B D ^a   Rao, Y V S ^a   Rao, K M ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Biology; Indoplanorbis; Predator; Sarcophaga; Snail; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944476556     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769827     Document Type: Article

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