Functional ecological implications of intraspecific differences in wing melanization in Colias butterflies

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Boggs, Carol L ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg maturation; Elevational gradient; Flight activity; Thermoregulation; Wing colour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; EGG DEVELOPMENT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MELANISM; THERMOREGULATION;

COLIAS; COLIAS EURYTHEME; COLIAS PHILODICE ERIPHYLE; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHILODICE;

EID: 2442651797     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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