Correlates of range size and dispersal ability: A comparative analysis of sphingid moths from the Indo-Australian tropics

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Beck, Jan ^a,c   Kitching, Ian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Flight strength; Host plants; Life history; Malesia; Niche breadth; Range size heritability; Sphingidae; Wing load

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERITABILITY; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE; WING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 34247144528     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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