Age and size thresholds for pupation and developmental polymorphism in the browntail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), under conditions that either emulate diapause or prevent it

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 952-958

  Frago, Enric ^a,b   Selfa, Jesús ^b   Pujade Villar, Juli ^c   Guara, Miguel ^b   Bauce, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age and size thresholds for pupation; Larval diapause; Molting strategies; Multi model inference; Size of hatchlings

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PUPATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; PUPA;

EUPROCTIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE; NYGMIA PHAEORRHOEA;

EID: 68349113705     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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