Behavioural thermoregulation in butterflies: The interacting effects of body size and basking posture in Hypolimnas bolina (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-236

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b,c   Krockenberger, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; HEAT BALANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

CYTISUS FONTANESII; HEXAPODA; HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 3843126239     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO03043     Document Type: Article

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