Effects of wind and weather on red admiral, Vanessa atalanta, migration at a coastal site in southern Sweden

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-344

  Brattström, Oskar ^a   Kjellén, Nils ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

butterfly; migration; orientation; red admiral; sea crossing; topography; Vanessa atalanta; visual observation; weather; wind

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COASTAL ZONE; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PAPILIONOIDEA; VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 46849089681     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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