Puddling: From natural history to understanding how it affects fitness

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Molleman, Freerk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattodea; Diplopoda; Diptera; Flight; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Nitrogen; Orthoptera; Reproduction; Sodium

Indexed keywords

DIET; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74349090233     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00938.x     Document Type: Review

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