• DOI:10.1007/s00442-012-2395-8
Corpus ID: 14761851

Nectar amino acids enhance reproduction in male butterflies

@article{Cahenzli2012NectarAA,
  title={Nectar amino acids enhance reproduction in male butterflies},
  author={F. Cahenzli and A. Erhardt},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={2012},
  volume={171},
  pages={197-205}
}

• F. Cahenzli, A. Erhardt
• Published 2012
• Biology, Medicine
• Oecologia

After over 30 years of research, it was recently shown that nectar amino acids increase female butterfly fecundity. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of nectar amino acids on male butterfly reproduction. Here, we show that larval food conditions (nitrogen-rich vs. nitrogen-poor host plants) and adult diet quality (nectar with or without amino acids) affected the amount of consumed nectar in Coenonympha pamphilus males. Furthermore, amino acids in the nectar diet of males… Expand

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