Life-history, genotypic, and environmental correlates of clutch size in the Glanville fritillary butterfly

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Saastamoinen, Marjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Glanville fritillary butterfly; Oviposition; Phosphoglucose isomerase

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLUTCH SIZE; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

MELITAEA CINXIA;

EID: 33947660068     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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