Population sex ratio and dispersal in experimental, two-patch metapopulations of butterflies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 946-955

  Trochet, Audrey ^a   Legrand, Delphine ^a   Larranaga, Nicolas ^a   Ducatez, Simon ^b   Calvez, Olivier ^a   Cote, Julien ^a,c   Clobert, Jean ^a   Baguette, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization success; Corridor; Dispersal propensity; Dispersal success; Inter and intraspecific competition; Metapopulation dynamics; Metatron; Pieris brassicae; Timing of emigration

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION SUCCESS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORRIDOR; DISPERSAL PROPENSITY; DISPERSAL SUCCESS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INTER- AND INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS; METATRON; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SEX RATIO; TIMING OF EMIGRATION;

COLONIZATION SUCCESS; CORRIDOR; DISPERSAL PROPENSITY; DISPERSAL SUCCESS; INTER- AND INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS; METATRON; PIERIS BRASSICAE; TIMING OF EMIGRATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; WING;

EID: 84881551825     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12082     Document Type: Article

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