Life history plasticity and fitness in a caddisfly in response to proximate cues of pond-drying

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-277

  Jannot, Jason E ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental constraints; Fecundity; Growth; Metamorphosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CADDISFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POND CULTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; DEHYDRATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEHYDRATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INDIANA; INSECTS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

LIMNEPHILUS INDIVISUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 70349109978     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1389-7     Document Type: Article

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