Larval food stress differentially affects flight morphology in male and female speckled woods (Pararge aegeria)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Pellegroms, Boris ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^b   Van Dyck, Hans ^c   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food stress; Pararge aegeria; Phenotypic plasticity; Resource allocation; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; HOST PLANT; MATE LOCATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 65649131996     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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