Asymmetric life-history decision-making in butterfly larvae

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Friberg, Magne ^a   Haugen, Inger M Aalberg ^a   Dahlerus, Josefin ^a   Gotthard, Karl ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental constraints; Diapause direct development; Lepidoptera; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal polyphenism

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BUTTERFLY; DECISION MAKING; DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

ARASCHNIA LEVANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 78651445035     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1804-0     Document Type: Article

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