Examining growth rate and starvation endurance in pit-building antlions from Mediterranean and desert regions

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-100

  Rotkopf, Ron ^a   Ovadia, Ofer ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinal variation; Growth compensation; Life history; Local adaptation; Myrmeleontidae; Starvation endurance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INSECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STARVATION; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS RESISTANCE;

MYRMELEONTIDAE;

EID: 84891828991     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12071     Document Type: Article

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