Life history strategies and habitat templets of tropical butterflies in north-eastern Australia

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-413

  Braby, M F ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat templets; Lepidoptera; Life history evolution; Life history strategies; Mating system; Mycalesis; Nymphalidae; r and K selection; Satyrinae; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; MYCALESIS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 0036397514     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020226426031     Document Type: Article

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