Body size, egg size, and their interspecific relationships with ecological and life history traits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-284

  García Barros, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Climate; Clutch size; Comparative methods; Fecundity; Host plant; Phenology; Polyphagy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

HESPERIIDAE; HESPERIOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0033836621     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0374     Document Type: Article

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