Analysis of coordinated circling and linear flights of a lycaenid butterfly species

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-135

  Imafuku, Michio ^a   Ohtani, Takeshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CALCULATION; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FORELIMB; NONHUMAN; POSITION; ROTATION; TIME; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33644969951     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0074-x     Document Type: Article

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