Behaviour and physiology shape the growth accelerations associated with predation risk, high temperatures and southern latitudes in Ischnura damselfly larvae

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1034-1040

  Stoks, Robby ^a   Swillen, Ine ^a   De Block, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Costs of rapid growth; Energy allocation trade off; Latitudinal gradients; Time constraints; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMSELFLY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARVA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF; VOLTINISM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LARVA; ODONATA; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FRANCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LARVA; ODONATA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; ISCHNURA; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84864917353     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01987.x     Document Type: Article

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