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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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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Series: | Insects |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/107 |