Experimental Manipulation of Dispersal Ability in A Neotropical Butterfly Anartia fatima (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Research on endangered British butterflies has found that butterfly populations in small refuges evolve to allocate more mass to the thorax (flight muscle) and less to the abdomen than populations in large refuges. The observed change in mass allocation affects two morphological features relevant to...

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Main Author: Robert B. Srygley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/107