Annual growth rates in newly established populations of the butterfly Pararge aegeria

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-369

  Pollard, E ^a   Rothery, P ^b   Yates, T J ^b  

^a Springhill Farm   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly populations; colonization; density dependence; growth rates; monitoring; Pararge aegeria; range expansion

Indexed keywords

PARARGE AEGERIA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATYRIDAE;

COLONIZATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION;

UK;

EID: 0030302704     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1996.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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