Host plant trichomes and the advantage of being big: Progeny size variation of the pipevine swallowtail

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-107

  Fordyce, James A ^a   Dimarco, Romina D ^a   Blankenship, Bonny A ^a   Nice, Chris C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Battus philenor; Caterpillar; Egg size; Trichomes; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; EGG SIZE; HOST PLANT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; TAXONOMY; TRICHOME;

CALIFORNIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA CALIFORNICA; ARISTOLOCHIA ERECTA; ARISTOLOCHIA TOMENTOSA; BATTUS PHILENOR; HEXAPODA;

EID: 74249092438     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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