Life history effects upon contest behaviour: Age as a predictor of territorial contest dynamics in two populations of the speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria L.

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Wiklund, Christer ^a   Gotthard, Karl ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIFE HISTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 33645872965     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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