Foraging strategies in the small skipper butterfly, Thymelicus flavus: When to switch?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1009-1016

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Ollerton, Jeff ^b   Sluman, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Blackbird Leys City Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMELICUS FLAVUS; HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HANDLING TIME; SMALL SKIPPER;

EID: 0031128705     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0390     Document Type: Article

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