Associations of co-mimetic ithomiine butterflies on small spatial and temporal scales in a neotropical rainforest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-85

  DeVries, P J ^a   Lande, R ^a   Murray, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat association; Habitat destruction; Ithomiinae; Mullerian mimicry; Nymphalidae; Spatial distribution; Species abundance distribution; Species randomization; Temporal distribution; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FOREST; FRUIT JUICE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

DANAINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0033012688     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0288     Document Type: Article

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