Direct and indirect phenotypic selection on developmental trajectories in Manduca sexta

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 598-607

  Kingsolver, Joel G ^a   Diamond, Sarah E ^b   Seiter, Sarah A ^a   Higgins, Jessica K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Developmental trajectory; Growth rates; Life history; Manduca sexta; Natural selection; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; MOTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 84861230940     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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