Fecundity, egg weight and longevity in relation to multiple matings in females of the monarch butterfly

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 39-43

  Svard L ^a   Wiklund, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EGG WEIGHT; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; MATING; MONARCH BUTTERFLY;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0024199204     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00303056     Document Type: Article

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