Adaptive significance of egg size plasticity in response to temperature in the migrant skipper, Parnara guttata guttata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Population Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-166

  Seko, Tomokazu ^a   Nakasuji, Fusao ^b  

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

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental cue; Fitness; Leaf toughness; Natural selection; Parnara guttata guttata; Reproductive allocation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PARNARA GUTTATA; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS;

EID: 33645474087     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-006-0253-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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