Survival rate, body size and food abundance in pure and mixed blowfly cultures

African Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Rosa, G S ^a   De Carvalho, L R ^a   Godoy, W A C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chrysomya albiceps; Chrysomya megacephala; Cochliomyia macellaria; Facultative predation; Larval density

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; COCHLIOMYIA; COCHLIOMYIA MACELLARIA; MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 2942528634     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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