Adaptive growth decisions in butterflies
Adaptive growth decisions in butterflies
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10.1641/b580308
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
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10.1
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Gotthard, Karl
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作者：
Gotthard, Karl
毛毛虫具有快速增重的巨大能力，但要从这种能力中获益，幼虫必须能够在恶劣的环境中生存，并在一年中的适当时间长成成虫。在这篇文章中，我回顾了蝴蝶幼虫的生长决策的例子，这些决策可以被视为优化生长性能的适应。这些包括性别特异性的生长决定，导致雄性先熟和性别大小二型性，微调的增长响应光周期和温度，替代幼虫变形的发展，模仿植物结构，他们喂养，和独特的增长模式lycenid蝴蝶，操纵蚂蚁和成长为“布谷鸟”内蚁巢。我的结论是，一个人的成长可以被看作是几个环境依赖的决定，这可能会影响生理，行为和形态的变化的增长轨迹的总和。
Caterpillars have a great capacity for rapid weight gain, but to reap the benefits of this capacity, larvae must be able to survive in a hostile environment and emerge as adults at the right time of year. In this article, I review examples of growth decisions in butterfly larvae that can be viewed as adaptations for optimized growth performance. These include sex-specific growth decisions that lead to protandry and sexual size dimorphism, fine-tuning of growth in response to photoperiod and temperature, development of alternative larval morphs that mimic the plant structures they feed on, and the peculiar growth patterns of lycenid butterflies that manipulate ants and grow as "cuckoos" inside ant nests. I conclude that growth of an individual can be seen as the sum of several environmentally dependent decisions, which may influence the growth trajectory by changes in physiology, behavior, and morphology.