Adult sex ratio in the parnassius mnemosyne butterfly: Effects of survival, migration, and weather

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-252

  Vlasanek, Petr ^a,c   Hauck, David ^b   Konvicka, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Insitute of Entomology Czech Academy of Sciences ^*  (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Effective population size; Jolly Seber; Lepidoptera; Mark recapture; Papilionidae; Population estimates

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EMIGRATION; LARVA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOBILITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; PARNASSIUS; PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE;

EID: 77149159734     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.55.3.233     Document Type: Article

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