Generation-dependent female choice: Behavioral polyphenism in a bivoltine butterfly

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 758-763

  Friberg, Magne ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Lepidoptera: Pieridae; Mating propensity; Population density; Sexual selection; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BUTTERFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTIDEA REALI; LEPTIDEA SINAPIS; PIERIDAE; SINAPIS;

EID: 34547699199     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm037     Document Type: Article

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