The Role of Coloration in Mate Choice and Sexual Interactions in Butterflies

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 55-92

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a   Rutowski, Ronald L ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iridescence; Lepidoptera; Sexual selection; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955974338     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380896-7.00002-2     Document Type: Book

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