Display size preferences and foraging habits of high andean butterflies pollinating Chaetanthera lycopodioides (Asteraceae) in the subnival of the central Chilean Andes

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-352

  Arroyo, Mary T K ^a   Till Bottraud, Irene ^b   Torres, Cristian ^c   Henríquez, Carolina A ^a   Martínez, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIZE SELECTION;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; CHAETANTHERA; HESPERIIDAE; HYLEPHILA; NYMPHALIDAE; NYMPHULA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; TERPSICHORE; YRAMEA;

EID: 36048943414     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-017)[ARROYO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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