Length-Weight Relationships of Shrub-Steppe Invertebrates1
- 17 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 70 (1) , 51-53
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/70.1.51
Abstract
The relationship between length and weight was investigated for common invertebrates inhabiting the shrub-steppe of south-central Washington. Three models were evaluated—a power function, an exponential function, and a linear function. The power function best describes adult and nymphal insects and Lepidoptera larvae. Coleoptera larvae were best described by a linear relationship, and Diptera larvae by an exponential function.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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