Divergent egg physiologies in two closely related grasshopper species: Taeniopoda eques versus romalea microptera (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Stauffer, Timothy W ^a   Hatle, John D ^b   Whitman, Douglas W ^c  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

egg; egg pod; hatching; oviposition; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; EGG; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT TYPE; OVIPOSITION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER CONTENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMIDITY; NEW MEXICO; OVUM; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; ROMALEA MICROPTERA; ROMALEIDAE; TAENIOPODA EQUES;

EID: 79951624335     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10200     Document Type: Article

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