Diet and a developmental time constraint alter life-history trade-offs in a caddis fly (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-504

  Jannot, Jason E ^a,c,d   Wissinger, Scott A ^b,c   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect; Desiccation; Growth; Habitat permanence; Metamorphosis; Plasticity; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CADDISFLY; DIET; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

HEXAPODA; LIMNEPHILIDAE; LIMNEPHILUS EXTERNUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 55349102365     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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