Contest outcome in a territorial butterfly: The role of motivation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 3027-3033

  Bergman, Martin ^a   Olofsson, Martin ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Loser effect; Mate locating behaviour; Resource holding potential; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE LOCATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 77956912851     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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