Fitness effects from egg to reproduction: Bridging the life history transition

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-197

  De Block, Marjan ^a   Stoks, Robby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adult fitness; Carryover effects; Complex life cycle; Damselflies; Food stress; Hidden costs; Larval constraints; Lestes viridis; Optimality models; Sex specific response; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FITNESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MATING SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CHALCOLESTES VIRIDIS; INVERTEBRATA; LESTES; LESTES VIRIDIS; LESTIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 13444287867     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0116     Document Type: Article

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