Fluctuation of Protandry in Eclosion of Anthocharis scolymus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): Can Males Eclose Optimally under Evolutionary Equilibrium?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 572-579

  Sawada, Kouji ^a,b   Nomakuchi, Shintaro ^a,c   Masumoto, Toshiya ^a,d,e   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^a,f,g   Shiotsu, Yoshifumi ^a,h   Koyanagi, Hideaki ^a,d   Sugiura, Naoyuki ^a,d   Okuda, Natsuki ^a,d,i  

^a Ohori High School   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Koto Gakuen   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Kawai Inst Cultur and Educ Res   (Japan)

ⁱ TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocharis scolymus; Eclosion; Evolutionarily stable strategy model; Fluctuating environment; Pierid butterfly; Protandry

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCHARIS SCOLYMUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; SCOLYMUS;

EID: 0000753744     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.572     Document Type: Article

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