Polymorphic mimicry, microhabitat use, and sex-specific behaviour

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 547-556

  Joron, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heliconius; Host search; Ithomiinae; Lepidoptera; Mate location; Melinaea; Microhabitat; M llerian mimicry; Nymphalidae; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; MIMICRY; POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERU; PIGMENTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

DANAINAE; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS NUMATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELINAEA; NYMPHALIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 18544362074     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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