Protandry and postandry in two related butterflies: Conflicting evidence about sex-specific trade-offs between adult size and emergence time

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-709

  Nève, Gabriel ^a   Singer, Michael C ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Euphydryas aurinia; Euphydryas editha; Lepidoptera Nymphalidae; Postandry; Protandry; Size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; DIAPAUSE; EMERGENCE; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDICTION; PROTANDRY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 52649145211     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9192-6     Document Type: Article

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