Early male emergence and reproductive phenology of the adult overwintering butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni in Sweden

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-240

  Wiklund, Christer ^a   Lindfors, Virpi ^a   Forsberg, Johan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Entomology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIMSTONE; EMERGENCE; HOST PLANT; PHENOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

FRANGULA ALNUS; GONEPTERYX RHAMNI; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0029750361     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546246     Document Type: Article

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