Experimental analyses of body size, flight and survival in pierid butterflies

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 593-612

  Kingsolver, Joel G ^a   Srygley, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Butterflies; Flight; Flight muscle ratio; Mark recapture; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001631545     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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