Does dietary restriction reduce life span in male fruit-feeding butterflies?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 601-606

  Molleman, Freerk ^a   Ding, Jimin ^b   Boggs, Carol L ^c   Carey, James R ^a   Arlet, Małgorzata E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Mating tactics; Reproduction; Time varying Cox model; Wing wear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANANA; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUGAR INTAKE; SURVIVAL TIME; UGANDA;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DIET; FRUIT; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 68949192777     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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