Seasonal polyphenism and leaf mimicry in the comma butterfly

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 621-627

  Wiklund, Christer ^a   Tullberg, Birgitta S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; LIFE HISTORY; MIMICRY; POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; POLYGONIA; POLYGONIA C-ALBUM; URTICACEAE;

EID: 7944222700     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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