Stage-specific effects of population density on the development and fertility of the western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brent, Colin S ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Fecundity; Fluctuating asymmetry; Miridae; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; MALE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HETEROPTERA; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 77957370780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.4901     Document Type: Article

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