Is it risky to be a father? Survival assessment depending on sex and parental status in the water bug Abedus breviceps using multistate modelling

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Munguia Steyer R ^a   Macias Ordonez R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MULTISTATE MODELING; NONPARENTAL STATUS; TRANSITION RATES; WATER BUGS; WILD POPULATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPTURE METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; INSECT; MODELING; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ABEDUS BREVICEPS; BELOSTOMATIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 34248549655     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-196     Document Type: Article

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