Effects of larval starvation and adult diet-derived amino acids on reproduction in a fruit-feeding butterfly

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-237

  Bauerfeind, Stephanie S ^a   Fischer, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult income; Bicyclus anynana; Egg size; Fecundity; Lepidoptera; Nutrition; Nymphalidae; Reproductive investment; Storage reserves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID; BUTTERFLY; COMPENSATION; DIET; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUGIVORY; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 59449095441     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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