Developmental plasticity and acclimation both contribute to adaptive responses to alternating seasons of plenty and of stress in Bicyclus butterflies

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-475

  Brakefield, Paul M ^a   Pijpe, Jeroen ^a   Zwaan, Bas J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Insect hormone; Longevity; Seasonal polyphenism; Starvation resistance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BUTTERFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYPHENISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEASONS; STRESS; WING;

AFRICA;

BICYCLUS; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34248170598     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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