Liquid assets for fat bankers: Summer nectarivory by migratory moths in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 478-482

  Kevan, P G ^a   Kendall, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT ACCUMULATION; MIGRATION; MOTH; REPRODUCTION DELAY;

COLORADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; USA;

EUXOA AUXILLIARIS; LASIESTRA IMPINGENS CURTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0031465066     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551995     Document Type: Article

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