Effects of Meteorological Variation on Mortality in Populations of the Spittlebug Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae)

We found that variation in temperature and humidity significantly affected mortality rates and population dynamics of the spittlebug Deois flavopicta Stål by monitoring cohorts of diapausing eggs and nymphs for three generations. Cohorts of quiescent eggs, when exposed to increasing periods of high...

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