Does lepidopteran larval crypsis extend into the ultraviolet?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 189-192

  Church, Stuart C ^a   Bennett, Andrew T D ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a   Hunt, Sarah ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Partridge, Julian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031967175     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050483     Document Type: Article

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