Long distance migration of insects to a subantarctic island

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1161-1167

  Greenslade, Penelope ^a,e,f,g   Farrow, Roger A ^a,b   Smith, Jeremy M B ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Tilembeya Consulting   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e University of New England ^*

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Lepidoptera; Macquarie Island; Migration; Synoptic weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INSECT; MIGRATION;

ANTARCTICA;

AGROTIS IPSILON; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; VANESSA;

EID: 0033375555     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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