Sexual differences in tailwind drift compensation in Phoebis sennae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) migrating over seas

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 607-611

  Srygley, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cloudless sulfur butterfly; Drift compensation; Flight; Migration; Orientation; Phoebis sennae; Sexual dimorphism; Tropical butterflies

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHOEBIS SENNAE; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0034836356     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.5.607     Document Type: Article

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