Oviposition response of scarabaeids: Does 'mother knows best' about rainfall variability and soil moisture?

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Ward, Andrew L ^a   Rogers, D John ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Ecological strategy; Endemic soil; Non endemic soil; Oviposition; Rainman; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

COLEOPTERA; DERMOLEPIDA ALBOHIRTUM; HETERONYX; HOLOTRICHIA (BEETLE); SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 35848936512     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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