Reproducing butterflies do not increase intake of antioxidants when they could benefit from them

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Beaulieu, Michaël ^a   Bischofberger, Ines ^a   Lorenz, Isabel ^a   Scheelen, Lucie ^a   Fischer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food selection; Frugivory; Oxidative balance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTTERFLY; FECUNDITY; FOOD SELECTION; FRUGIVORY; OVIPOSITION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BUTTERFLY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTTERFLIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; OVIPOSITION; POLYPHENOLS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 85011005050     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0941     Document Type: Article

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