Seasonal effects on offspring reproductive traits through maternal oviposition behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1297-1304

  Miller, Christine W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory courtship; Coreidae; Fecundity; Habitat selection; Maternal effects; Oviposition; Phenology

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; EGG; FECUNDITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

COREIDAE; HELICONIA; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 56449099759     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn075     Document Type: Article

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