Determination of adult size in a folivorous moth: Constraints at instar level?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-89

  Tammaru, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body size; Constraint; Epirrita autumnata; Food quality; Geometridae; Growth rate; Larval instars; Lepidoptera; Optimality; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INSTAR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH;

EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031888754     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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