Anthropogenic changes in sodium affect neural and muscle development in butterflies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 10221-10226

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a   Espeset, Anne ^a,b   Boser, Christopher J ^a   White, William A ^a   Smykalski, Rhea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Ecological stoichiometry; Nutritional ecology; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BRAIN SIZE; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PIERIS; PIERIS RAPAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; PIERIS RAPAE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84904294356     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323607111     Document Type: Article

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