Transgenerational acclimatization in an herbivore-host plant relationship

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Cahenzli, Fabian ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Butterfly reproduction; Larval feeding; Lepidoptera; Maternal effects; Paternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BUTTERFLY; FITNESS; HOST PLANT; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

COENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84878355793     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2856     Document Type: Article

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