Cannibalistic egg-larva interactions in Tribolium: an explanation for the oscillations in population numbers.

A. Hastings; R. F. Costantino

doi:10.1086/284696

Cannibalistic egg-larva interactions in Tribolium: an explanation for the oscillations in population numbers.

A. Hastings, R. F. Costantino

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The model lets one determine the effect of varying cannibalism rates, fecundity, survival, and lengths of egg and larval stages on stability. Intermediate lengths for larval stages are least stable, and increasing the length of the egg stage is always destabilizing. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	36-52
Number of pages	17
Journal	American Naturalist
Volume	130
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/284696
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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