Developmental trade-offs in caddis flies: Increased investment in larval defence alters adult resource allocation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1423, 1999, Pages 1049-1054

  Stevens, David J ^a   Hansell, Michael H ^a   Freel, June A ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult morphology; Larval silk expenditure; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; FORELIMB; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONTOCERUM ALBICORNE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0033594710     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0742     Document Type: Article

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