Nocturnal anti-predator adaptations in eared and earless Nearctic Lepidoptera

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1016-1022

  Soutar, Amanda R ^a   Fullard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory state; Bats; Defense; Eyesize; Flight; Moths

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; EVOLUTION; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 8144230046     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh103     Document Type: Article

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