Body size and phenology of the grasshopper species chorthippus brunneus with variable numbers of female instars (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-231

  Cherrill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg 1815); Development; Life history; Ontogeny; Seasonality; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 33644759362     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/28/2005/219     Document Type: Article

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