What keeps insects small? Time limitation during oviposition reduces the fecundity benefit of female size in a butterfly

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 768-779

  Gotthard, Karl ^a   Berger, David ^a   Walters, Richard ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Fecundity; Growth trajectory; Lepidoptera; Life history theory; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; FECUNDITY; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 34248379614     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516651     Document Type: Article

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