This research enabled the relationship between length and dry body mass to be determined for 158 beetle larvaetaken from cow dung in north-eastern Poland. The larvae were divided into three morphological types, for which the power and linear function of the body length-weight relationship were determined. The linear regression equation characterizes the relationship between body weight and length for all morphological types of larvae very well (0.8955≤R2≤0.9752). The power regression equation characterizes this relationship forall morphological types of larvae well (0.8562≤R2≤0.9742).The equations obtained can be used to compute dry mass for most beetle larvae inhabiting dung.
Authors
- dr inż. Karol Daliga link open in new tab ,
- Radosław Mroczyński
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1515/pjen-2016-0024
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuły w czasopismach recenzowanych i innych wydawnictwach ciągłych
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2016
