The downfall of mating: The effect of mate-carrying and flight muscle ratio on the escape ability of a pierid butterfly

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Almbro, Maria ^a   Kullberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Flight; Flight muscle ratio; Mating; Predation risk; Weight load

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY MASS; BUTTERFLY; COPULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 60049097226     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0675-4     Document Type: Article

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