Seasonal selection and resource dynamics in a seasonally polyphenic butterfly

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-185

  Morehouse, N I ^a,b   Mandon, N ^a   Christides, J P ^a   Body, M ^a   Bimbard, G ^a   Casas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Araschnia levana; Diapause; Nutritional ecology; Polyphenism; Seasonal selection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DIAPAUSE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST PLANT; LARVA; NATURAL SELECTION; OVERWINTERING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRANCE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS; PUPA; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; WING;

ARASCHNIA LEVANA;

EID: 84871040226     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12051     Document Type: Article

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