Spatial and temporal variation in flight morphology in the butterfly Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 445-453

  Norberg, Ulf ^a   Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Flight ability; Flight design; Glanville fritillary; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape structure; Mobility

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

SWEDEN;

FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEA; MELITAEA CINXIA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0036913995     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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