Body size, reproductive allocation, and maximum reproductive rate of two species of aphidophagous Coccinellidae exploiting the same resource

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Honek, Alois ^a   Dixon, Anthony F G ^b   Martinkova, Zdenka ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid abundance; Clutch size; Coccinella septempunctata; Coleoptera; Egg size; Intraguild predation; Ladybird guilds; Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROPYLEA QUATUORDECIMPUNCTATA; SCUTUM;

EID: 40749121578     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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