Multi-generational long-distance migration of insects: Studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-486

  Stefanescu, Constantí ^a   Páramo, Ferran ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^c   Alarcón, Marta ^d   Ávila, Anna ^b,e   Brereton, Tom ^f   Carnicer, Jofre ^b,g   Cassar, Louis F ^h   Fox, Richard ^f   Heliölä, Janne ⁱ   Hill, Jane K ^j   Hirneisen, Norbert ^k   Kjellén, Nils ^c   Kühn, Elisabeth ^l   Kuussaari, Mikko ⁱ   Leskinen, Matti ^m   Liechti, Felix ⁿ   Musche, Martin ^l   Regan, Eugenie C ^o,p   Reynolds, Don R ^q,r   Roy, David B ^s   Ryrholm, Nils ^t   Schmaljohann, Heiko ^u   Settele, Josef ^k,l   Thomas, Chris D ^j   van Swaay, Chris ^k,v   Chapman, Jason W ^q,w   more..

^a Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers Àrea Investigació en Quiròpters   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g Centre for Life Sciences   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

ⁱ FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^k Univ of York ^*  (Netherlands)

^l HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁿ SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^o Ireland   (Ireland)

^p TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^q ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^s CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^u INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^v DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENTOMOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PALEARCTIC REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 84875686018     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07738.x     Document Type: Article

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