Is there seasonal variation in size and mass of Red Admirals Vanessa atalanta on Capri, Italy?

Ornis Svecica

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Brattström, Oskar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BUTTERFLY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; WING;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAPRI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 33646451984     PISSN: 11026812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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