Postural changes accompany perch location changes in male butterflies (Asterocampa leilia) engaged in visual mate searching

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-466

  Rutowski, Ronald L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; POSTURE;

ASTEROCAMPA LEILIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0034112803     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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