An experimental study of migration in the Glanville fritillary butterfly Melitaea cinxia

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 791-801

  Kuussaari, Mikko ^a   Nieminen, Marko ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

Author keywords

dispersal; emigration; habitat quality; immigration; mark recapture study; metapopulation; movement

Indexed keywords

MELITAEA CINXIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

GLANVILLE FRITILLARY; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; PATCH USE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030302860     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5677     Document Type: Article

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