Temperature-dependent ovariole and testis maturation in the yellow dung fly

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Henseler, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Diptera; Gametes; Gonads; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Pre reproductive period; Scathophagidae; Scatophaga stercoraria; Temperature size rule

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 33745296304     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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