Nuptial gifts, resource budgets, and reproductive output in a polyandrous butterfly

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2931-2940

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera, male donations, mating system, multiple matings; Nutrient reserves, Pieridae, Pieris napi, polyandry, resource allocation; Sexual selection, spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EGG PRODUCTION; NUPTIAL GIFT; NUTRIENT; POLYANDRY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 0032406572     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2931:NGRBAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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