The predictive adaptive response: Modeling the life-history evolution of the butterfly bicyclus anynana in seasonal environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Van den Heuvel, Joost ^a,b   Saastamoinen, Marjo ^c   Brakefield, Paul M ^a,d   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a,b   Zwaan, Bas J ^e   Shanley, Daryl P ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Energy allocation model; Life history; Predictive adaptive response; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FLYING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84873040451     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668818     Document Type: Article

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