Intra- and inter-individual variation in flight direction in a migratory butterfly co-vary with individual mobility

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3156-3163

  Larranaga, Nicolas ^a,b   Baguette, Michel ^a,c   Calvez, Olivier ^a   Trochet, Audrey ^a   Ducatez, Simon ^d   Legrand, Delphine ^a  

^a Moulis   (France)

^b HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual variation; Migration; Mobility syndrome; Orientation; Pieris brassicae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FLYING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MALE; MIGRATION; MOBILITY SYNDROME; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIERIS BRASSICAE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MIGRATION; MOBILITY SYNDROME; ORIENTATION; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84881163614     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082883     Document Type: Article

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