A meta-analysis of the traits affecting dispersal ability in butterflies: Can wingspan be used as a proxy?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-184

  Sekar, Sandhya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Body size; Dispersal ability in butterflies; Phylogenetic generalized least squares (PGLS); Species specific traits; Wingspan as a proxy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATE LOCATION; META-ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; RELATEDNESS; VOLTINISM; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 83155175168     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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