Geographic origin affects larval competitive ability in European populations of the blow fly, Lucilia sericata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-98

  Martinez Sanchez A ^a   Smith, K E ^b   Rojo, S ^a   Marcos Garcia M A ^a   Wall, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Competition; Development rate; Diptera; Geographic variation; Larvae; Mortality; Size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846498970     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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