Allometry and functional constraints on proboscis lengths in butterflies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Kunte, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Handling time; Nectarivory; Scaling relationships

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTARIVORY; POLLINATION;

HEXAPODA; LANTANA; PAPILIONOIDEA; WEDELIA;

EID: 34548439942     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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