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HM ANDRE (1991)

Stase, metamorphis and competition in insects and other arthropods.

BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 121(1):3-25.

Based on the state concept and derived from the Gause model, a new and simple model is proposed to describe the competition between species with complex life cycles (CLCs). Two such species are shown to be able to coexist within the same limited space depending on the population parameters and environment capacity. It is suggested that the metamorphosis and other CLCs would have developed as an inevitable effect of minimizing constraints due to competition and would be a key factor in the diversification of insects and other arthropods.

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; MODEL; INSTAR; CLC (COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE); POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; DIVERSITY
  • ISSN: 0777-6276
BJZ

ISSN 2295-0451 (online version)
ISSN 0777-6279 (printed version)
impact factor 2015: 0,87.

Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Isa Schön
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels, Belgium

 



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