Search for dissertations about: "larval performance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words larval performance.

  2. 1. Life-history consequenses of host plant choice in the comma butterfly

    Author : Lina Söderlind; Sören Nylin; Niklas Janz; Charles W. Fox; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nymphalidae; voltinism; larval performance; Hopkins’ Host Selection Principle; GeneFishing; real-time qPCR; Urtica dioica; Salix cinerea; Betula pubescens; Ulmus glabra; Ribes uva-crispa.; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : There is much evidence that herbivory is a key innovation for the tremendous success of insect. In this thesis I have investigated different aspects of host plant utilization and phenotypic plasticity using the polyphagous comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album. READ MORE

  4. 2. Reproductive pattern and offspring performance in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

    Author : Hans Olofsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Salmo trutta; spawning; egg size; fry competition; fry dispersion; Biologi; Biology; Biologi; limnologi; Limnology;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with how reproductive traits and reproductive behaviour in femalebrown trout (Salmo trutta) are linked to offspring performance.In the small stream Tullviksbäcken, the choice of spawning sites was stronglyinfluenced by short-term fluctuations in stream flow and by substrate quality. READ MORE

  5. 3. Thermal adaptation along a latitudinal gradient in damselflies

    Author : Viktor Nilsson-Örtman; Frank Johansson; Karl Gotthard; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Growth rate; metabolic theory of ecology; universal temperature dependence; environmental gradients; thermal performance; thermal sensitivity; environmental variability; optimality theory; life history; acclimation; size structure; competition; cannibalism; intraguild predation;

    Abstract : Understanding how temperature affects biological systems is a central question in ecology and evolutionary biology. Anthropogenic climate change adds urgency to this topic, as the demise or success of species under climate change is expected to depend on how temperature affects important aspects of organismal performance, such as growth, development, survival and reproduction. READ MORE

  6. 4. Ecology and conservation of the moth Dysauxes ancilla

    Author : Per-Eric Betzholtz; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal ecology; Djurekologi; marc-recapture; population viability; fluctuating asymmetry; genetic status; larval feeding; movements; endangered species; conservation; outpost population; Lepidoptera; Dysauxes ancilla;

    Abstract : The ecology of the moth Dysauxes ancilla was studied in the only Swedish breeding area at Beijershamn, situated on the Baltic island of Öland. The population is a northern outpost, separated from the species´ continous distribution area in middle- and southeast Europe. READ MORE

  7. 5. Searching for food in complex environments : Integrating processes at multiple spatial scales

    Author : Thomas Alexander Verschut; Peter Hambäck; Peter Anderson; Ring Cardé; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Associational effects; Natal experiences; Olfaction; Oviposition; Plant Ecology; växtekologi;

    Abstract : Resources are often unevenly distributed through the environment, resulting in a challenging task for insects to locate food, mates and oviposition sites. Consequently, there is an ongoing need to unravel how insects rely on behavioural and sensory traits while searching for resources in heterogeneous environments. READ MORE