Flight morphology in fragmented populations of a rare British butterfly, Hesperia comma

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-283

  Hill, J K ^a   Thomas, C D ^a   Lewis, O T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dispersal; Distribution; Isolation; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344701039     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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