Response of butterflies to structural and resource boundaries

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 724-734

  Schultz, Cheryl B ^a   Franco, Aldina M A ^b   Crone, Elizabeth E ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Boundaries; Correlated random walk; Diffusion rates; Dispersal; Edge behaviour; Fender's blue butterfly; Matrix habitat; Movement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; ECOTONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MATRIX; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRAIRIE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLYING; LUPIN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LUPINUS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ICARICIA ICARIOIDES; LUPINUS OREGANUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84859603821     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01947.x     Document Type: Article

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