Behaviour: Wing color predicts future mating success in male monarch butterflies

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Cope, Natalie ^b   Smith, Amy ^b   Solensky, Michelle J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Mating success; Wing color

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DIGITAL IMAGE; MATING SUCCESS; SATURATION; WING;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 34047114784     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[339:WCPFMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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