Evidence for Food as a Limiting Resource in the Life Cycle of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Using an assemblage of tiger beetles in SE Arizona, USA, as test organisms, the potential for food as a limiting resource in each of the life cycle stages was determined. Laboratory experiments established at what levels food quantity affected adults and larvae. Adult females at low feeding levels p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oikos 1985-10, Vol.45 (2), p.161-168
Hauptverfasser: Pearson, David L., Knisley, C. B.
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