Nutritional dynamics during the development of xylophagous beetles related to changes in the stoichiometry of 11 elements
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DOI: 10.1111/phen.12168
Abstract: The present study examines the adaptive strategy used by wood‐boring beetles to compensate for the lack of nutrients in dead wood. The contents of nutritional elements in growing wood‐boring beetles (Stictoleptura rubra L. and Chalcophora… read more here.
Keywords: wood; nutritional dynamics; dead wood; larval development ... See more keywords