Nectar amino acids enhance reproduction in male butterflies

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-205

  Cahenzli, Fabian ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Butterfly reproduction; Larval feeding; Lepidoptera; Pollination

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BUTTERFLY; DIET; FECUNDITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; NUPTIAL GIFT; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

COENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84872166520     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2395-8     Document Type: Article

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