Growth and reproductive costs of larval defence in the aposematic lepidopteran Pieris brassicae

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 384-392

  Higginson, Andrew D ^a   Delf, Jon ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Speed, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Brassica; Crop protection; Development; Life history; Natural enemies; Predation; Reflex bleeding; Reproductive rate; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CROP PEST; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; LARVA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL ENEMY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC FITNESS; LARVA; PHEROMONES;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 79551597220     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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