Does habitat fragmentation affect temperature-related life-history traits? A laboratory test with a woodland butterfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1569, 2005, Pages 1257-1263

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Van Dyck, Hans ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Fecundity; Habitat fragmentation; Microclimate; Oviposition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FECUNDITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROCLIMATE; OVIPOSITION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THORAX; WOODLAND BUTTERFLY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24044523899     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3074     Document Type: Article

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