Seasonal polyphenism and developmental trade-offs between flight ability and egg laying in a pierid butterfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2131-2136

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Johansson, Anna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Phenotypic plasticity; Pieris napi; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; MOBILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPA; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLYING; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYPHENISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REPRODUCTION; SPRING; SUMMER; THORAX;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 48749110022     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0404     Document Type: Article

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