Selection on offspring size varies within and among families in relation to host nutritional quality

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-83

  Agosta, Salvatore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family effects; Herbivory; Host plant; Larval growth; Lepidoptera; Offspring size; Offspring survival; Phenotypic selection; Phytophagous insects; Rothschildia lebeau

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ROTHSCHILDIA;

EID: 37249004335     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9159-7     Document Type: Article

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