Egg Size Variation in Satyrid Butterflies: Adaptive vs Historical, "Bauplan", and Mechanistic Explanations
- 1 December 1984
- Vol. 43 (3), 391-400
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3544158
Abstract
Egg size decreases over the oviposition period in the wall brown butterfly, Lasiommata megera. Experiments have failed to indicate any positive correlation betw...This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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