Behavioural fitness component effects of the alba polymorphism of Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae): Resource and time budget analysis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-158

  Nielsen, M G ^a,b   Watt, W B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness components; Natural selection; Polymorphism; Resource allocation; Time budgets

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; POLYMPROHISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME BUDGET ANALYSIS;

COLIAS ALEXANDRA; COLIAS SCUDDERI; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0031889643     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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