2015
A Quantitative Analysis of Growth and Size Regulation in Manduca sexta: The Physiological Basis of Variation in Size and Age at Metamorphosis
Grunert L, Clarke J, Ahuja C, Eswaran H, Nijhout H. A Quantitative Analysis of Growth and Size Regulation in Manduca sexta: The Physiological Basis of Variation in Size and Age at Metamorphosis. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0127988. PMID: 26011714, PMCID: PMC4444085, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult body sizeBody sizeImportant life-history traitsLife-history traitsHistory traitsAdult insectsTemperature-dependent mannerGenetic strainsLarval growthSize regulationDevelopmental mechanismsDevelopment timeLarval lifeMore moultsManduca sextaLarval instarsLarval moltThreshold sizeSize incrementInstarsGrowth rate declinesGrowth phaseMoultPhysiological basisCritical weight
1992
Laboratory Evaluation of Acanthocyclops vernalis and Diacyclops bicuspidatus thomasi (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) as Predators of Aedes canadensis and Ae. stimulans (Diptera: Culicidae)
Andreadis T, Gere M. Laboratory Evaluation of Acanthocyclops vernalis and Diacyclops bicuspidatus thomasi (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) as Predators of Aedes canadensis and Ae. stimulans (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 1992, 29: 974-979. PMID: 1460638, DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/29.6.974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcanthocyclops vernalisLarval mosquito populationsFood sourcesVernal pool habitatAedes canadensisAlternative food sourcesDiacyclops bicuspidatus thomasiPredatory effectivenessLarval preyA. vernalisCopepod speciesEarly instarsAlternate foodFirst instarVernalisPredatory behaviorMosquito populationsThomasiLaboratory bioassaysCanadensisInstarsHabitatsPredatorsMajor rolePrey
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