Contrasted breeding strategies in four sympatric sibling insect species: When a proovigenic and capital breeder copes with a stochastic environment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 198-206

  Pélisson, Pierre François ^a,b   Bel Venner, Marie Claude ^a,b   Rey, Benjamin ^a,b   Burgevin, Lorraine ^a,b   Martineau, François ^a,b,c   Fourel, François ^a,b,c   Lecuyer, Christophe ^a,b,c   Menu, Frédéric ^a,b   Venner, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Curculio spp.; Curculionidae; Energy allocation; Fecundity; Income breeding; Stable isotopes; Synovigeny

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; EMERGENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; FIELD SURVEY; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIBLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOCHASTICITY; SYMPATRY;

CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84856007416     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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