Flight directions in the migratory butterfly Pieris brassicae: Results from semi-natural experiments

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-352

  Spieth, Hubert R ^a   Cordes, Ralf Gerd ^a   Dorka, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DIRECTION; LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY; MIGRATION;

GERMANY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 0031900204     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00073.x     Document Type: Article

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