Effects of maternal diet on fecundity and larval development in the 'primitive' granivorous carabid Amara (Curtonotus) macronota

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Sasakawa, Kôji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Carnivory; Coleoptera; Developmental duration; Egg production; Food specialization; Granivory; Ground beetle; Rearing experiment; Seed; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIET; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; SEED;

ASTERACEAE; BIDENS; BIDENS FRONDOSA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURTONOTUS; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); DIGITARIA CILIARIS; HARPALINI; POACEAE; SETARIA (PLANT); TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZABRINI;

EID: 57349149141     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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