Sexual differences in weight loss upon eclosion are related to life history strategy in Lepidoptera

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 712-722

  Molleman, Freerk ^a   Javoiš, Juhan ^a   Esperk, Toomas ^a   Teder, Tiit ^a   Davis, Robert B ^a   Tammaru, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body size evolution; Capital income breeding; Coleoptera; Diptera; Geometridae; Hymenoptera; Metamorphosis; Ovigeny; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BODY SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTH; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PUPA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; WEIGHT LOSS;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79957842542     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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