Search for dissertations about: "butterflies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the word butterflies.

  2. 1. Spring Phenology of Butterflies : The role of seasonal variation in life-cycle regulation

    Author : Sandra Stålhandske; Olof Leimar; Karl Gotthard; Wolf Blanckenhorn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Phenology; Life cycle regulation; Phenotypic plasticity; Local adaptation; Butterflies; Diapause; Pupal development; Anthocharis cardamines; Herbivore – host plant interaction; etologi; Ethology;

    Abstract : Animals and plants in temperate regions must adapt their life cycle to pronounced seasonal variation. The research effort that has gone into studying these cyclical life history events, or phenological traits, has increased greatly in recent decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Fecundity in butterflies : adaptations and constraints

    Author : Bengt Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fjärilar; reproduktion;

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  5. 3. Allocation of body resources to reproduction in butterflies

    Author : Fredrik Stjernholm; Bengt Karlsson; Christer Wiklund; Jane K. Hill; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Zoology; Ecology; Butterflies; Reproduction; Life histories; Trade-offs; Resource use; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi;

    Abstract : The life-history of an organism can be studied and understood in terms of acquisition and expenditure of resources. In butterflies, the use of resources for reproduction has been the focus of much research due to the possibility to easily quantify both the input of resources from different sources over the life-cycle as well as the partitioning of these resources to reproduction. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reproductive biology of some Pierid butterflies

    Author : Johan Forsberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Pierid butterflies; Reproduktionsbiologi;

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  7. 5. Mate searching behaviour of satyrine butterflies

    Author : Per-Olof Wickman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; satyrine butterflies;

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