title: The effect of nutrient stress on life history parameters of the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae scop.
abstract: Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of brief spells of starvation on the longevity and age-specific reproduction of A. fabae. Increasing the duration of the starvation period reduced the aphids' ability to resettle when returned to a host, but no longer-term effects on mortality were found. Secondly, as predicted, starvation reduced life-time fecundity, but increased the reproductive rate immediately after nutrition improved.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Leather
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: A F G
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Dixon