Contest behaviour in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria): Seasonal phenotypic plasticity and the functional significance of flight performance

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-411

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Wiklund, C ^a   Van Dyck, H ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fighting; Flight morphology; Lepidoptera; Resource holding potential; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 30744449976     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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