Individual state controls temperature dependence in a butterfly (Lasiommata maera)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1443, 2000, Pages 589-593

  Gotthard, Karl ^a,b   Nylin, Sören ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Life history theory; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonality; State dependence; Time stress

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GROWTH RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALIA; LASIOMMATA MAERA; MAERA;

EID: 0034701313     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1042     Document Type: Article

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