How is dispersal integrated in life histories: A quantitative analysis using butterflies

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-86

  Stevens, Virginie M ^a,b   Trochet, Audrey ^b   Van Dyck, Hans ^c   Clobert, Jean ^b   Baguette, Michel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviours; Dispersal; Evolutionary constraints; Global change; Habitat fragmentation; Life history evolution; Metapopulation dynamics; Migration; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAPOPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; GENE FLOW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 82455164151     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01709.x     Document Type: Review

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