Intraspecific competition in the Parthenium beetle Zygogramma bicolorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): effect of larval crowding on life-history traits

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Omkar, ^a   Afaq, Uzma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Development and growth; Intraspecific competition; Reproduction; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PARTHENIUM; ZYGOGRAMMA BICOLORATA;

EID: 69949101506     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758409387482     Document Type: Article

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