Adult responses to larval population size in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  McNamara, Kathryn B ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a   Jones, Therésa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; JUVENILE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MOTH; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

CADRA CAUTELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 72549101178     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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