Reproductive asynchrony in natural butterfly populations and its consequences for female matelessness

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 746-756

  Calabrese, Justin M ^a   Ries, Leslie ^b   Matter, Stephen F ^c   Debinski, Diane M ^d   Auckland, Julia N ^d   Roland, Jens ^e   Fagan, William F ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Female reproductive success; Mating behaviour; P. smintheus; Parnassius clodius; Reproductive asynchrony

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BUTTERFLY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MATING SUCCESS; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIUS; PARNASSIUS CLODIUS; PARNASSIUS SMINTHEUS;

EID: 44849105711     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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