Experimental studies on the reproductive biology of the Waterstrider, Gerris buenoi (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

In a series of enclosure experiments (11 over 3 years) on the waterstrider Gerris buenoi, I demonstrated that food resources were limited by both intra- and interspecific competition in the field. Over a 20 fold range of egg production rates in control enclosures, food addition and interspecific com...

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Main Author: Rowe, Locke
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1848