Insect Migration: Do Migrant Moths Know Where They Are Heading?

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Cardé, Ring T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SHORT SURVEY; WIND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; PERCEPTION; WIND;

AUTOGRAPHA GAMMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 44349149289     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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