Reaction norms for age and size at maturity in Lasiommata butterflies: Predictions and tests

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1351-1358

  Nylin, Soren ^a   Gotthard, Karl ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Lepidoptera; life history; photoperiod; plasticity; Satyrinae; seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029740288     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02377.x     Document Type: Article

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