Large-sized insects show stronger seasonality than small-sized ones: A case study of fruit-feeding butterflies

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 820-827

  Ribeiro, Danilo B ^a   Freitas, André V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circular analyses; Conservation; Fragmentation; Nymphalidae; Phenology; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; PHYLOGENETICS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84856968261     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01771.x     Document Type: Article

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