Divergent timing of egg-laying may maintain life history polymorphism in potentially multivoltine insects in seasonal environments

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1711-1723

  Valimaki P ^a   Kivela S M ^a   Jaaskelainen L ^a   Kaitala, A ^a   Kaitala, V ^b   Oksanen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Monandry; Pieris napi (Lepidoptera: Pieridae); Polyandry; Reproductive rate; Seasonality; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DIAPAUSE; DIVERGENCE; FECUNDITY; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY; POLYANDRY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; VOLTINISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 54049112330     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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