Hatching asynchrony, survivorship, and development in young colonies of the subsocial cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 489-508

  Nalepa, Christine A ^a   Mullins, Donald E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altricial development; Cannibalism; Cryptocercus; Hatching asynchrony; Mortality; Parental care; Sibling competition; Wood feeding cockroach

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCIDAE; CRYPTOCERCUS; CRYPTOCERCUS PUNCTULATUS; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 70349443261     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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