Diminished food resources are associated with delayed reproduction or increased post-reproductive mortality in brood-bearing terrestrial isopods Armadillidium vulgare Latreille

Entomological News

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Kight, Scott L ^a   Hashemi, Anaiseh ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillum vulgare; Brood rearing; Delayed reproduction; Diminished food resources; Isopoda; Post reproductive mortality

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLIDIUM; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 3042762903     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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