The effects of food shortage during larval development on adult body size, body mass, physiology and developmental time in a tropical damselfly

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-326

  Jiménez Cortés, J Guillermo ^a   Serrano Meneses, Martín Alejandro ^b   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body size; Damselfly; Development time; Food; Physiology

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DAMSELFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD LIMITATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; LARVA; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; HETAERINA AMERICANA; HEXAPODA; PROTONEURIDAE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84857789852     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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