Body temperature and territory selection by males of the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria): What makes a forest sunlit patch a rendezvous site?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Vande Velde, Lesley ^a   Turlure, Camille ^b   Van Dyck, Hans ^a  

^a EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Habitat Selection; Mate Locating; Pararge Aegeria; Territoriality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BUTTERFLY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MATE LOCATION; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TERRITORIALITY; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

BELGIUM;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 79952583346     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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