Fitness consequences of variation in developmental temperature in a butterfly

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Steigenga, Marc J ^a   Fischer, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Bicyclus anynana; Ectotherms; Ontogeny; Survival; Thermal adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPATION; REARING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA;

EID: 67349160506     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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