Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1976 |
Authors: | Boyer, JF |
Journal: | Journal of Animal Ecology |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 3 |
Date Published: | 1976 |
ISBN Number: | 00218790 |
Keywords: | Corvidae, Corvus, Corvus corone |
Abstract: | Populations of Tribolium castaneum were raised both as larvae and adults under the following five conditions: in isolation, as a crowded cohort, in a nutritionally deficient medium, in an ongoing population and in the presence of a second species (T. confusum). Their fecundity, cannibalism rates, fertility and mortality were subsequently assayed in an identical environment. These different environments imposed on immature beetles affected their development time and their subsequent fecundity and cannibalism rates as adults. No persistent effects were found for adult beetles subjected to these environments, although starvation temporarily reduced fecundity. Evidence for reproductive compensation in adults was found. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3585 |
Short Title: | Journal of Animal Ecology |
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