Rodent predation on hibernating peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-389

  Wiklund, Christer ^a   Vallin, Adrian ^a   Friberg, Magne ^a   Jakobsson, Sven ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti predator defence; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BUTTERFLY; GAMEBIRD; HIBERNATION; OVERWINTERING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

AGLAIS URTICAE; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; AVES; HEXAPODA; INACHIS IO; PAPILIONOIDEA; RODENTIA;

EID: 37349032215     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0465-4     Document Type: Article

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