Life history plasticity: Influence of photoperiod on growth and development in the common blue butterfly

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-234

  Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PHOTOPERIOD;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS;

EID: 0030304521     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546194     Document Type: Article

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