Effects of temperature experienced across life stages on morphology and flight behavior of painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui).

ABSTRACT:

Background

With ongoing anthropogenic climate change, there is increasing interest in how organisms are affected by higher temperatures, including how animals respond behaviorally to increasing temperatures. Movement behavior is especially relevant, as the ability of a species to shift its range is implicitly dependent upon movement capacity and motivation. Temperature may influence movement behavior of ectotherms both directly, through an increase in body temperature, and indirectly, through temperature-dependent effects on physiological and morphological traits.

Methods

We investigated the influence of ambient temperature during two life stages, larval and adult, on body size and movement behavior of the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). We reared painted ladies to

SUBMITTER: Mesler SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616341 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature