Reproductive strategies of female butterflies: variation in and constraints on fecundity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 7-15

  BOGGS, CAROL L ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age specific fecundity; Lepidoptera; mating frequency; offspring number size; reproductive strategy; resource allocation; Speyeria mormonia

Indexed keywords

NYMPHALIDAE; SPEYERIA MORMONIA;

EID: 0022872716     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1986.tb00274.x     Document Type: Article

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