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Effects of Increased Flight on the Energetics and Life History of the Butterfly Speyeria mormonia

Movement uses resources that may otherwise be allocated to somatic maintenance or reproduction. How does increased energy expenditure affect resource allocation? Using the butterfly Speyeria mormonia, we tested whether experimentally increased flight affects fecundity, lifespan or flight capacity. W...

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Autores principales: Niitepõld, Kristjan, Boggs, Carol L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26510164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140104