Effect of egg size variation on survival rate, development and fecundity of offspring in a migrant skipper, Parnara guttata guttata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Seko, Tomokazu ^a,b   Nakasuji, Fusao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large sized egg; Life history trait; Phenotypic correlation; Phenotypic plasticity; Small sized egg

Indexed keywords

HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS;

EID: 1942504840     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.171     Document Type: Article

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