• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Intrinsic Barriers to Dispersal in Checkerspot Butterfly
  • Contributor: Ehrlich, Paul R.
  • imprint: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1961
  • Published in: Science, 134 (1961) 3472, Seite 108-109
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.134.3472.108
  • ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
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  • Description: <jats:p> Capture-recapture studies revealed that the checkerspot butterfly <jats:italic>Euphydryas editha</jats:italic> is extraordinarily sedentary. Since no physical barriers prevent interchange between various portions of the study colony, it is concluded that intrinsic factors play the major role in limiting movement. The few available data on dispersal are discussed. </jats:p>