Intraspecific variation in body size and the rate of reproduction in female insects - adaptive allometry or biophysical constraint?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1244-1258

  Berger, David ^a,b   Olofsson, Martin ^a   Friberg, Magne ^a,c   Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a   Gotthard, Karl ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural compensation; Body size; Developmental constraints; Lepidoptera; Metabolic rate; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; EGG PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATURATION; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 84868202466     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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