Natural history and identification of litter‐feeding lepidoptera larvae (insecta) in beech forests, orongorongo valley, new zealand, with especial reference to the diet of mice (Mus musculus)

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-274

  Dugdale, J S ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

House mouse; Lepidoptera; Litter feeding; Nothofagus; Orongorongo Valley

Indexed keywords

DIET; HARD BEECH; HOUSE MOUSE; INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATION; LITTER FEEDING LARVA; MOTH LARVA;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, ORONGORONGO VALLEY;

DUMBLETONIUS; FAGACEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; GRYPOTHECA; GYMNOBATHRA; HEPIALIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALLOBATHRA; MUS MUSCULUS; NOCTUIDAE; NOTHOFAGUS; OECOPHORIDAE; PSYCHIDAE; RHAPSA; TINGENA;

EID: 0030427860     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9517513     Document Type: Article

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