Fitness consequences of host use in the field: Temporal variation in performance and a life history tradeoff in the moth Rothschildia lebeau (Saturniidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-82

  Agosta, Salvatore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family effects; Herbivore; Host plant; Offspring survival; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; HOST USE; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CASEARIA; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUBIACEAE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CASEARIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; RUBIACEAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CASEARIA; CASEARIA NITIDA; EXOSTEMA MEXICANUM; LEPIDOPTERA; ROTHSCHILDIA; SATURNIIDAE; SPONDIAS MOMBIN;

EID: 46949087847     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1059-1     Document Type: Article

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