Inverse link between density and dispersal distance in butterflies: Field evidence from six co-occurring species

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-101

  Konvicka, Martin ^a,b   Zimmermann, Kamil ^a,b   Klimova, Martina ^a   Hula, Vladimir ^c   Fric, Zdenek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Dispersal; Landscape occupancy; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Population density

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; COEXISTENCE; CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; HOST PLANT; MOBILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 83355163296     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0277-2     Document Type: Article

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