Herbivore Induced Changes in Leaf-Litter Resource Quality: A Neglected Aspect of Herbivory in Ecosystem Nutrient Dynamics
OikosPublished 1 March 1988
Dhrupad Choudhury
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Fecundity, and the relation of egg weight variation to offspring fitness in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria, or why don't female butterflies lay more eggs?
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production and oviposition in the tobacco budworm: effect of age and mating. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 75: 51-55. Stern, V. M. and Smith, R. F. 1960. Factors affecting egg production and oviposition in populations of Colias philodice eurytheme Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Hilgardia 29: 411-454. Taylor, L. R. 1975. Longevity, fecundity and size; control of reproductive potential in a polymorphic migrant, Aphis fabae Scop. J. Anim. Ecol. 44: 135-159. Wiklund, C. and Persson, A. 1983. Fecundity, and the relation of egg weight variation to offspring fitness in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria, or why don't female butterflies lay more eggs? Oikos 40: 53-63.
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