Long distance migration of insects to a subantarctic island

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Greenslade, Penelope, Farrow, Roger A, Smith, Jeremy M. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: McCoy; New Zealand; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00356.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.1999.00356.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00356.x

Summary Transoceanic migration of four species of macrolepidoptera to subantarctic Macquarie Island has been detected in 7 out of 33 years during the period 1962–96 and is restricted to spring and autumn. Analyses of synoptic charts during the migration period show that autumn immigrants originated...