▪ Abstract Host plant quality is a key determinant of the fecundity of herbivorous insects.
Components of host plant quality (such as carbon, nitrogen, and defensive metabolites) …

The connection between development and evolution has become the focus of an increasing
amount of research in recent years, and heterochrony has long been a key concept in this …

The relationships between macro-ecological patterns and physiological investigations in
insects, especially those dealing with respiratory metabolism, are assessed in an attempt to …

For plants, the tradeoff between resource investment in defense and increased growth to out-
compete neighbors creates an allocation dilemma. How plants resolve this dilemma, at the …

Morphometrics underwent a revolution more than one decade ago. In the modern
morphometrics, the estimate of size is now contained in a single variable reflecting variation …

The many components of seasonal adaptations in insects are reviewed, especially from the
viewpoint of aspects that must be studied in order to understand the structure and purposes …

The assumption of a trade‐off between development time and fecundity, resulting from a
positive correlation between body size and fecundity and between body size and …

The relationship between body size and fitness components in odonates was examined
using a meta‐analysis of 33 published studies. There was a positive and significant overall …

The interspecific relationships between egg size and body size in butterflies (Papilionoidea
and Hesperiidae), and between size and egg and larval development time, larval trophic …

Life scientists are increasingly drawn to the study of comparative evolutionary biology. Insect
Development and Evolution is the first synthesis of knowledge of insect development within …