Energy beyond the pupal stage: Larval nutrition and its long-time consequences for male mating performance in a scorpionfly

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 633-638

  Engels, Sierk ^a   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Life history; Mating effort; Natural and sexual selection; Panorpa

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPA; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GERMANY; INSECTS; LARVA; MALE; PUPA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

HEXAPODA; MECOPTERA; PANORPA; PANORPA VULGARIS; PANORPIDAE;

EID: 34447498621     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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