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instar staging

Subcategory: morphological
Standard reference: Erickson, unpublished data
Papers: 11 | Mentions: 11

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Description

Standardized measurements of wing length and dried body mass components under stereomicroscope to quantify adult fitness proxies and assess elevation effects on body size.

Typical Equipment

  • stereomicroscope (6.5X)
  • drying oven
  • desiccation chamber
  • Cahan microbalance

Output Measurements

  • wing length
  • body length
  • thorax dry weight
  • abdomen dry weight

Papers Using This Protocol (11)

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Salamanders impact on L. externus population densities

2025using
student_paper

Quantifying physiological and behavioral differences in caddisfly larvae

2025using
student_paper

Limnephilus externus Case Grazing

2023using
student_paper

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies <i> (Trichoptera) </i>

2019using
student_paper

Determining the Effects of Climate-Induced Range Shifts on Caddisfly Population Dynamics

2018using
article

Nonlinear effects of consumer density on multiple ecosystem processes

2012Journal of Animal Ecologyusing
student_paper

The effect of ants on membracid nymph size and instar

2007using
article

Larval cannibalism, time constraints, and adult fitness in caddisflies that inhabit temporary wetlands

2004Oecologiaintroducing
student_paper

The effect of food quality and time constraints on caddisfly growth and development

2004introducing
article

Niche overlap and the potential for competition and intraguild predation between size-structured populations

1992Ecologyusing
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Seasonal variation in the intensity of competition and predation among dragonfly larvae

1989Ecologyusing