Habitat segregation among mimetic ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-285

  Hill, Ryan I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian Ecuador; Ithomiinae; Mimetic diversity; M llerian mimicry

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SYMPATRY;

ECUADOR;

DANAINAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77952741599     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9305-5     Document Type: Article

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