Effect of manipulated wing characteristics and basking posture on thermal properties of the butterfly Pararge aegeria (L.)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 261-267

  Berwaerts, K ^a   Van Dyck, H ^a   Vints, E ^a   Matthysen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basking posture; Lepidoptera; Pararge aegeria; Phenotypic manipulation; Speckled woodbutterfly; Thermal characteristics; Wing colour

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BUTTERFLY; POSTURE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034780785     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901001327     Document Type: Article

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