Preferences and food quality of fruit-feeding butterflies in Kibale Forest, Uganda

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 657-663

  Molleman, Freerk ^a,b   Van Alphen, Monique E ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^a   Zwaan, Bas J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charaxinae; Foraging; Nitrogen; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Sugar; Tropical forest; Tropical fruits

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUGIVORY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE FOREST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CHARAXINAE; NYMPHALINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 31344434160     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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