Comparison of development and growth of nettle-feeding larvae of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) under constant and alternating temperature regimes

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Bryant, Simon R ^a,c   Bale, Jeffrey S ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aglais urticae; Behavioural thermoregulation; Cycling temperatures; Development rate; Growth rate; Inachis io; Insect; Kaufmann effect; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Polygonia c album; Rate summation; Vanessa atalanta

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGLAIS URTICAE; HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; INACHIS IO; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; POLYGONIA C-ALBUM; URTICA; URTICAE; VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 0032745740     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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