Nymphal density, behavioral development, and life history in a field cricket

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 645-652

  Niemelä, Petri T ^a,b   Vainikka, Anssi ^a,b   Lahdenperä, Sonja ^a   Kortet, Raine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Immune defense; Life history; Ontogeny; Population density

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSPECIFIC; CRICKET; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS INTEGER;

EID: 84859717445     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1312-1     Document Type: Article

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