An evolutionarily stable strategy model for the evolution of dimorphic development in the butterfly Maculinea rebeli, a social parasite of Myrmica ant colonies

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-480

  Hovestadt, Thomas ^a   Mitesser, Oliver ^a   Elmes, Graham W ^b   Thomas, Jeremy A ^b   Hochberg, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ant butterfly interaction; Delayed development; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Growth dimorphism; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIMORPHISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; BUTTERFLIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

MACULINEA REBELI; MYRMICA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33947400604     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512134     Document Type: Article

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