Causes and consequences of cannibalism in noncarnivorous insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-53

  Richardson, Matthew L ^a   Mitchell, Robert F ^a   Reagel, Peter F ^a   Hanks, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Feeding guild; Insecta; Intraguild predation; Population density

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; INSECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; INSECTS;

EID: 77449140096     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085314     Document Type: Review

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