Decoupling of reproductive rates and parental expenditure in a polyandrous butterfly

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-25

  Wiklund, Christer ^a   Kaitala, Arja ^a   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Nuptial gifts; Parental investment; Pieris napi; Polyandry; Reproductive rate; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MATING SYSTEM; NUPTIAL GIFT; NUTRIENT EXPENDITURE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE RATE;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 0031883082     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.1.20     Document Type: Article

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