Contest behavior in territorial male butterflies: Does size matter?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 591-596

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lepidoptera; Nymphalid; War of attrition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CYTISUS FONTANESII; HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0034580848     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.6.591     Document Type: Article

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