Contest competition in Drosophila subobscura
The role of larval intraspecific competition in laboratory populations of Drosophila subobscura was investigated. Mortality is density-independent during the first 3 days after hatching but becomes density dependent as development proceeds to pupation. Although total biomass per patch was independen...
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Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
1996
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