Day-flying butterflies remain day-flying in a Polynesian, bat-free habitat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1459, 2000, Pages 2295-2300

  Fullard, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flight behavior; Oceanic islands; Polynesia; Predator release; Sensory constraint

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; NATURAL SELECTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUTTERFLY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INSECTIVORE; POLYNESIA; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0034703843     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1282     Document Type: Article

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