Nectar sugars enhance fitness in male Coenonympha pamphilus butterflies by increasing longevity or realized reproduction

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1417-1423

  Cahenzli, Fabian ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MIMICRY; NECTAR; NUPTIAL GIFT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUGAR;

COENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84865555975     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20190.x     Document Type: Article

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