Differences in mate location behaviours between residents and nonresidents in a territorial butterfly

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1161-1167

  Bergman, Martin ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alternative strategy; Lepidoptera; Pararge aegeria; patrolling; perching; satellite strategy; sexual selection; speckled wood butterfly

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATE LOCATION; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 70350072084     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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