Thermoregulatory differences between phenotypes in the speckled wood butterfly: Hot perchers and cold patrollers?

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-334

  Van Dyck, H ^a   Matthysen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Mate locating strategies; Pararge aegeria; Thermoregulation; Wing colour

Indexed keywords

BODY COLOUR; BODY TEMPERATURE; SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY; THERMOREGULATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0031967734     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050454     Document Type: Article

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