Flight speeds, lipid reserves, and predation of the migratory neotropical moth Urania fulgens (Uraniidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 452-458

  Dudley, Robert ^a   Srygley, Robert B ^b   Oliveira, Evandro G ^c   DeVries, Phil J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Airspeed; Flight; Lipids; Migration; Panama; Predation; Urania fulgens

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIPID; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDATION;

PANAMA;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; URANIA FULGENS; URANIIDAE;

EID: 0036769344     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00560.x     Document Type: Article

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