Body size and fat reserves as possible predictors of male territorial status and contest outcome in the butterfly Eumaeus toxea Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-199

  Martínez Lendech, Norma ^a   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a   Serrano Meneses, Martín A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body size; Eumaeus toxea; Fat reserves; Male contests

Indexed keywords

CYCADOPSIDA; EUMAEUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; ZAMIA FURFURACEA;

EID: 34247484858     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0040-5     Document Type: Article

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