Density-by-Diet Interactions during Larval Development Shape Adult Life History Trait Expression and Fitness in a Polyphagous Fly

• Published in: The American naturalist Vol. 199; no. 5; p. E170
• Main Authors: Morimoto, Juliano, Than, Anh The, Nguyen, Binh, Lundbäck, Ida, Dinh, Hue, Ponton, Fleur
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Diet; Female; Insecta; Larva; Life History Traits; Sugars; Tephritidae; isodars; diet specialization; ecological niche

AbstractHabitat quality early in life determines individual fitness, with possible long-term evolutionary effects on groups and populations. In holometabolous insects, larval ecology plays a major role in determining the expression of traits in adulthood, but how ecological conditions during the lar...