Thermal plasticity of metabolic rates linked to life-history traits and foraging behaviour in a parasitic wasp

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 641-651

  Le Lann, Cécile ^a   Wardziak, Thomas ^a   van Baaren, Joan ^a   van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Basal metabolism; Developmental thermal plasticity; Fecundity; Host resource exploitation; Longevity; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; FECUNDITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIUS RHOPALOSIPHI; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 79955514563     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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