The evolutionary ecology of generalization: Among-year variation in host plant use and offspring survival in a butterfly

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3406-3417

  Wiklund, Christer ^a   Friberg, Magne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthocharis cardamines; Egg laying; Generalist; Habitat; Lepidoptera; Life history; Ljuster ; Orange tip butterfly; Performance; Pieridae; Specialist; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENCOUNTER RATE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; SELECTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SWEDEN;

ANTHOCHARIS CARDAMINES; BRASSICACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 72949123782     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1138.1     Document Type: Article

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