Evolution of flight morphology in a butterfly that has recently expanded its geographic range

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Hill, J K ^a,b   Thomas, C D ^a   Blakeley, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Distribution; Pararge aegeria; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0032741822     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050918     Document Type: Article

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