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The effect of climate on the distribution and abundance of isopods
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44473
- Climate affects both the distribution and abundance of isopods. Humidity and moisture affect their activity and distribution. Survival of juveniles is largely dependent on moisture. The reproductive pattern is affected by temperature and light. Food affects growth and thus, indirectly, also reproduction, as larger females tend to produce larger broods and more frequent broods than smaller ones. Generally in isopods there is little evidence to suggest that food is a very important factor affecting their abundance. Both semelparity andClimate affects both the distribution and abundance of isopods. Humidity and moisture affect their activity and distribution. Survival of juveniles is largely dependent on moisture. The reproductive pattern is affected by temperature and light. Food affects growth and thus, indirectly, also reproduction, as larger females tend to produce larger broods and more frequent broods than smaller ones. Generally in isopods there is little evidence to suggest that food is a very important factor affecting their abundance. Both semelparity and iteroparity are found in isopods and both reproductive strategies are apparently successful. Mortality factors affect the oocytes, the marsupial stages, and most of all the newly released individuals . Apart from climatic factors, predation and, to a lesser extent, parasitism are the main causes of mortality. Longevity of isopods ranges from one to five years. Occasional population explosions ofisopods are known to take place, their cause being unknown.…
Author: | M. R. Warburg, Karl Eduard Linsenmair, K. Bercovitz |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-44473 |
Document Type: | Book article / Book chapter |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 1984 |
Source: | In: The biology of terrestrial isopods / Stephen L. Sutton. - Oxford: Clarendon Pr., 1984, S. 339 - 367. - ISBN: 0-19-854001-9. - (Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; 53). |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Release Date: | 2010/02/22 |