Conspecific and Heterospecific Cues Override Resource Quality to Influence Offspring Production

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Christine W ^a   Fletcher, Robert J ^a   Gillespie, Stephanie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CACTUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HABITAT QUALITY; HEMIPTERA; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MATING; NARNIA FEMORATA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; COREIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NARNIA FEMORATA;

EID: 84879898663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070268     Document Type: Article

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