Behavioral and physiological differences between two parapatric Heliconius species

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-668

  Davison, Angus ^a,b   McMillan, W Owen ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a,c   Jiggins, Chris D ^a   Mallet, James L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Heliconius; Hybrid zone; Hybridization; Lepidoptera; Parapatry; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; HELICONIUS; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS ERATO CYRBIA; HELICONIUS HIMERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0033493322     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00415.x     Document Type: Article

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