Seasonal polyphenism in Bicyclus (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) butterflies: Different climates need different cues

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-356

  Roskam, J C ^a   Brakefield, P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Phenotype plasticity; Reaction norm; Wing pattern

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CRYPSIS; PLASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WING;

AFRICA;

BICYCLUS; LEPIDOPTERA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0032921531     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0268     Document Type: Article

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