Variable coloration is associated with dampened population fluctuations in noctuid moths

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1808, 2015, Pages

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Betzholtz, Per Eric ^b   Franzén, Markus ^c  

^a Center for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems EEMiS Department of Biology and Environmental Science   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Dynamics; Ecological diversity; Moths; Noctuidae; Population fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COLOR; MOTH; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES; COLOR MORPH; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84929308487     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2922     Document Type: Article

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