Nutritional ecology of blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae): estimates of critical larval weight for pupation on two different

Under natural environmental conditions, blowflies utilize discrete and ephemeral feeding resources such as decaying carcasses. Competition for food on such feeding substrates is usually very severe, and only the individuals that are capable of attaining the critical larval weight for pupation will b...

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Main Authors: Cássio da Silva Ribeiro, Cláudio José Von Zuben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2010-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262010000400019&lng=en&tlng=en