Adaptive wing asymmetry in males of the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1427, 1999, Pages 1413-1418

  Windig, Jack J ^a   Nylin, Sören ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Butterfly wings; Directional asymmetry; Flight performance; Fluctuating asymmetry; Sex differences; Territorial behaviour

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR MORPH; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GROWTH RATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PARARGE AEGERIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0033595152     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0795     Document Type: Article

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