Intraspecific body size frequency distributions of insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gouws, E Jeanne ^a,c   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; BODY SIZE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLY; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT SOCIETY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORDO; ORTHOPTERA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; INSECT;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; INSECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953295183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016606     Document Type: Review

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