The dispersal system of a butterfly: A test of source-sink theory suggests the intermediate-scale hypothesis

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-144

  Boughton, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Dispersal; Habitat; Ideal free distribution; Source sink

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033914035     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303380     Document Type: Article

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