Predictive adaptive responses: Condition-dependent impact of adult nutrition and flight in the tropical butterfly bicyclus anynana

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 686-698

  Saastamoinen, Marjo ^a,b   Van Der Sterren, Dominique ^a   Vastenhout, Nienke ^a   Zwaan, Bas J ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environment; Flight; Life history; Nutrition limitation; Stress; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFE TABLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LARVA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA;

EID: 78649706787     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657038     Document Type: Article

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