Catastrophic extinction of population sources in a butterfly metapopulation

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 957-975

  Thomas, Chris D ^a   Singer, Michael C ^b   Boughton, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLINSIA TORREYI; EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA; TORREYI; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; LOCAL EXINCTION; METAPOPULATION; PSEUDOSINK; SOURCE-SINK THEORY;

EID: 0030303303     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285966     Document Type: Article

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