Territorial behaviour in the speckled wood butterflies Pararge xiphia and P. aegeria of Madeira: A mechanism for interspecific competition

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-305

  Jones, Martin J ^a   Lace, Lesley A ^a   Harrison, Emma C ^a   Stevens Wood, Barry ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR;

MADEIRA;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA; PARARGE XIPHIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0031776189     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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