To grow fast or to grow big? Time-limited larvae of Eilema depressum speed up their growth and reduce number of instars

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Pöykkö, Heikki ^a   Hyvärinen, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age and size at maturity; Arctiidae; Developmental plasticity; Growth rate; Instar number variability; Lepidoptera; Lithosiinae; Melanohalea exasperata; Parmelia sulcata; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LICHEN; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATURATION; MOLT; MOTH; OVERWINTERING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPA; REACTION NORM; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ARCTIIDAE; ARTHROPODA; EILEMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LITHOSIINAE; MELANOHALEA EXASPERATA; PARMELIA SULCATA;

EID: 84855534308     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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