Changing demography and dispersal behaviour: Ecological adaptations in an alpine butterfly

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 971-980

  Junker, Marius ^a   Wagner, Stefan ^a   Gros, Patrick ^b   Schmitt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Haus der Natur Museum für Natur und Technik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Ecological adaptation; Euphydryas aurinia; Mark release recapture; Protandry

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOZYME; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BUTTERFLY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT TYPE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTANDRY;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BUTTERFLY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOWERS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRIA;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 78449271330     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1720-3     Document Type: Article

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