Effect of temperature on the demography of galerucella birmanica (coleoptera: chrysomelidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Fu Shan, Zheng ^a,b   Yu Zhou, Du ^a   Zhi Jie, Wang ^a   Jia Jun, Xu ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Laiwu Vocational Technology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Demography; Developmental threshold; Fecundity; Galerucella birmanica jacoby; Longevity; Survivorship; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCELLA BIRMANICA; TRAPA;

EID: 65249168792     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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