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preoviposition mortality

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

Death of female insects before they have completed egg laying, resulting in loss of reproductive potential

Publications (1)

article

A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

2007Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologycentral

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